A.G. Gancarski
Florida Republicans continue to blast Democratic New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, and a Panhandle Congressman is joining in and invoking film history along the way.
“I cannot believe that New York is about to elect Adam Sandler, the hairdresser, as Mayor of one of the world’s greatest cities. It is unbelievable this is where we’re teetering to with New York City,” said U.S. Rep. Jimmy Patronis on “Mornings with Maria.”
For those not acquainted with the Sandler oeuvre, Patronis refers to 2008’s “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan.”
The premise: “Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist.”
The issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and antisemitism has been a backdrop to the mayoral campaign thus far, with Mamdani couching his responses carefully. While he has condemned prejudice against Jewish people, he also has refused to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada,” saying it represents “a desperate desire for equality and equal rights in standing up for Palestinian human rights.”
Patronis’ comments on Mamdani follow up on other prominent Florida Republicans ripping the likely next Mayor of the city.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has said that he expects South Florida real estate values to increase, and has predicted that New York City police officers will want jobs in Florida.
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott also expects New Yorkers to be “fleeing to Florida very soon.”
2 comments
Ron Ogden
June 26, 2025 at 9:42 am
Not even the Democrats know what to do with a guy whose campaign platform is to “globalize intifada.” Mamdani wants to turn Manhattan Island into Gaza. Who would have thought that the chant “from the river to the sea” means “from the Harlem River to New York Bay.”
Larry Gillis, Director-at-Large, Libertarian Party of Florida
June 26, 2025 at 10:16 am
” … GIVE ME YOUR HUDDLED MASSES, YEARNING TO BREATH FREE …”
As long as they are disgruntled middle-class whites from New York who are fleeing to Florida.
The other kind of “huddled masses” can stay right where they are. We do not want that kind, even though they are determined enough to walk 750 miles with their kids on their backs and their spouses at their sides and are willing to do the crap jobs because they want to take care of their families, the kind that open little stores and then build whole industries.
FYI, we Libertarians welcome them all. For what it’s worth, we would not object to you yourself moving, huddling somewhere else. (Please).