A.G. Gancarski
Gov. Ron DeSantis returned to the subject of Chicago’s mayoral election during a stop in Iowa.
DeSantis, in Cedar Rapids Saturday night, kvetched about the Illinois city electing a mayor who was “the left of the left,” while contending it would lead to higher housing prices in one Southwest Florida city.
“You know, I have to watch what goes on in these other states because it affects my state when this guy gets elected mayor of Chicago. Left of the left. Naples real estate is now going up again because people are fleeing. That’s just what happens. I mean, it’s crazy,” DeSantis contended.
DeSantis has complained about the election of Brandon Johnson earlier this year literally around the world.
During a roundtable discussion with Japanese business leaders from the Japanese Business Federation (KEIDANREN), he said “I know more people are going to move to Florida in response to that. And we’ve seen that just most recently with Chicago and their mayor election.”
“Chicago used to be one of the greatest cities in America. It’s had huge problems and there’s really a major need to go a different direction, and they elect someone that’s going to keep going in the same bad direction at an accelerated pace,” DeSantis lamented in Japan.
“People will start moving out of Chicago and they’ll move to places like Naples and other parts of Florida. That will happen.”
The commentary on Chicago’s Mayor was the second blast of the Windy City in the Cedar Rapids speech.
“I run into people in Florida, Naples, Fort Myers,” DeSantis said. “They will tell me if they’re from Illinois, I mean, you can sense the bitterness about how Illinois is governed. They’re, they’re happy to be in Florida, but they are frustrated.”
DeSantis has used the messaging about Chicago’s mayor as a refrain in many speeches this year.
Last month, DeSantis predicted that “refugees” would be bound for the Sunshine State after the majority of Chicago voters elected a Mayor.
“We are going to get more refugees as a result of that because it’s like, you know, you see what’s not working and you go even further in that direction. You just wonder, like, what is going on? But there’s no question that, I think, you’re going to continue to see a downward (trend) there,” DeSantis added, predicting “probably more residents” would come to the Sunshine State.
He offered similar comments during a political speech in New Hampshire.
“You have a city going down the tubes and they elect somebody that’s going to put it down the tubes even faster. I can tell you this, Naples property values are going to be going up in the state of Florida,” the Florida Governor told the New Hampshire Republican Party.
He said the same thing to the Heritage Foundation: “They just elected someone even more left. I can tell you, I’m going to see more people moving to Naples as a result of that election. That’s just the way it works.”
One place DeSantis did not denounce the Chicago mayoral election? Illinois itself.
When he spoke in Peoria Friday, the Governor made jokes about “dead people voting” in his 2022 election, giving him “numbers like out of Chicago.” But for whatever reason, the reality of Brandon Johnson’s win was not a subject he broached in the Chicago mayor’s home state.
21 comments
A Fine Qristian Ron D
May 13, 2023 at 8:35 pm
This IS Christianity; divisive, accusatory and uniformed.
Impeach Biden
May 13, 2023 at 8:53 pm
Is that you Lori Lightfoot? What a great job you did mismanaging the City of Chicago and turning it into a complete dump. Now we have even nuttier Brandon Johnson. This will not end well but you loony tunes will spin it.
Elliott Offen
May 13, 2023 at 10:54 pm
👆 Brain is the size of a peanut.
Impeach Biden
May 14, 2023 at 7:42 am
Then yours must be the size of a pea. The term “pea brain” comes to mind.🤣
Elliott Offen
May 14, 2023 at 11:35 am
Then your brain is the size of a subatomic particle.
Jay Smif
May 14, 2023 at 8:35 pm
You’ve never set foot in the city of Chicago a day in your life, and you don’t know a damn thing about the place. Neither does fascist DeSantis. Slag off.
Govvy
May 13, 2023 at 8:37 pm
🖕🏼
Billy the Bamboozler
May 13, 2023 at 10:53 pm
Meanwhile in Florida, piss poor wages, housing gambling economy, poor culture, bad political philosophy, religious whackos churning out laws and administering harsh punishments on the lower classes.. and parasitism economy.. people coming for the beach and the weather… throw a hog a bone. Crumbs for the sub-apes drunk on religion and far right propaganda. Can’t see they are being grifted to a husk while the hogs in and out of government hoard their money.
Tim Sauter
May 16, 2023 at 8:29 pm
I was born and raised in Florida, and I’m 68. I didn’t become a millionaire but I did alright. I’ve been able to raise 3 generations of kids. We’ve been able to take advantage of all the tropical beauty. I have spent the better half of my life on the Gulf of Mexico, fishing, diving, and just relaxing cruising the waterways. I wouldn’t have changed my life for anything. We don’t have any traffic with people so worked up they’re ready to shoot each other over road rage. You might think we’re dumb and uneducated, but who really cares. We living in paradise with no stress. We don’t have worry bout drive by shooting
Earl Pitts American
May 13, 2023 at 11:19 pm
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I, Earl Pitts “Go To Political Guru” American am running both Don and Ron’s campaignes. Only a man with the highest intelectual capacities could pull off such a major accompilishment as running 2 POTUS campaignes at the same time.
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Suffice it to say that dook 4 brains leftists will be getting the most intense butt kicking landslide since Regan swept the nation back in the day.
Thank you American members of Earl Pitts American’s Fan Club,
Earl Pitts “Your Mentor” American
Elliott Offen
May 14, 2023 at 11:37 am
👆 Dumb dumb troll Tom. Had to change his screen name after many embarrassing posts about hurricane Ian. He called it a “tropical 3 sea tornado.”
Earl Pitts American
May 14, 2023 at 9:13 am
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Stay tuned for updates,
Thank you America,
Earl Pitts “Pimp Daddy” American
Elliott Offen
May 14, 2023 at 11:39 am
It’s good to see you got on some medicine by the way. Your thought process and writing ability was severely crippled by the schizophrenia and intellectual disability.
Tom Palmer
May 14, 2023 at 9:35 am
The people who move to Naples often pay cash for their homes. Hardly downtrodden refugees.
Dont Say FLA
May 15, 2023 at 1:21 pm
Folks retire from the NE part of USA where property and living are very very pricey. They retire to places such as Naples FL where property is, comparatively, worthless. And Ron DeSanties brags about that, lol. Ron is such a Mo.
Tim Sauter
May 16, 2023 at 8:38 pm
My brother lives in North Naples and just his building lot cost $1.2 mill. How much is property up there?
Rude Eye
May 14, 2023 at 10:00 am
Let me get this right, our Governor of Florida is in Iowa complaining about the Mayor of Chicago.
Jay Smif
May 14, 2023 at 8:37 pm
That’s correct, and he was whining about Chicago while in Japan as well. DeSantis is hateful trash.
Tim Sauter
May 16, 2023 at 8:41 pm
He speaks the truth. There are some hard times ahead, and you can choose to ignore it, or you can fight it like a man.
Dont Say FLA
May 15, 2023 at 8:48 am
Let me guess, Chicago reminds Rhonda of Florida. What a Mo Ron is. Could he just go back to chillin with Larry Curly and Fake Shemp?
Dont Say FLA
May 15, 2023 at 8:50 am
Rhonda’s campaign trail talking points include gun crime? He must have been out the day irony was covered at Yarvard and Hale.
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