Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said he would “impose a 100 percent tariff” on New Yorkers moving to Texas.
“After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC,” the Republican wrote on X on Monday night.
Abbott’s post came on the eve of New York City’s mayoral election, in which Democrat Zohran Mamdani is the frontrunner. He is facing former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo—who is running as an independent after Mamdani emerged victorious in the Democratic primary in June—and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
Any New Yorker who actually chose to move to Texas would probably deserve it.
Can we just put a tariff on anyone entering Texas? Cut down on adminstration costs?
The conservatives are just complete assholes. That’s the ideology, full stop. A license to be a total asshole.
They’re now using that word to mean… What exactly?
Don’t you fucking coup me! I’ll coup you!
About 6 months ago I started tariffing things and people just in every day speech. Kid won’t eat his vegetables? Tariff. 5%. Keep it up, see how it goes, buddy. Water cooler empty at work? That’s a 10% tariff MINIMUM.
It sucks when your crafted absurdity has such a short shelf life because reality seems intent on anexing it.
Prove the ignorance of Texas Republicans?
Shit’s woke, yo! Put a tariff on it!
We get Texas commercials in Seattle, lmao. Who the fuck wants to willingly go there.
Is “tariff” now the new “woke”? A term without any meaning that Republicans throw around just to give their brainless followers a starting point from which they can see their deluded fantasies as seemingly rooted in reality?
So something along the lines of: “100 percent tariffs will teach you what happens when you are woke” or some other stupid crap like that.
It’s hard to believe, but somehow US news are getting more absurd by the day, even though it should have reached rock bottom long ago…
Never underestimate an idiot’s ability. You push them into a well and they’ll just keep digging down.
They’ve always been doing this to language ever since I can remember. See how they misuse terms like “freedom”, “liberty”, “patriotic”, “political correctness”, “activist”, and on and on…
Does that mean NYC can bar Texans from trading on the NY stock exchange?
Let’s just ban Texas. From everything, everywhere.
Moving as in home prices?
Joke’s on him, NYC folks are already so used to outrageous home prices they wouldn’t notice.
Oh, wait. This isn’t the Onion? I didn’t realize Abbott was that stupid.
Dude. Way.
Someone needs to “Mac and Me” Greg Abbott and his wheelchair.
If we want to buy a former new yorker, we now have to pay double?
Texas is too big, we should split it up into 4 states.
With 6 additional senators?
Nothing different other than now they are 4 states.
Pretty sure that’s not going to be a problem, but keep grandstanding for nothing there Puss Baby Abbot! The king of pulling up the ladder behind him cause he got his! Suckers!!!
Well tariffs are prices you charge the buyer when you move goods.
Doesn’t that mean Texans buying New Yorkers would pay a premium on owning humans?
I know they didn’t mean slavery, but it’s far more logical than what he thinks he is saying. And Texas was part of the confederacy sooo…
Aren’t they trying to build a stock exchange there?
Wheels is so dumb
