DeSantis: Liberal voters moving to FL could turn state into 'dumpster fire'

A recent study from the Washington, D.C. based Tax Foundation has shown that Americans are disproportionately leaving high-tax Democratic states and moving to low-tax Republican states like Texas, Arizona and Florida.

According to Tax Foundation analyst Jared Walczak, “The picture painted by this population shift is a clear one of people leaving high-tax, high-cost states for lower-tax, lower-cost alternatives.”

But as more people choose to relocate to the Sunshine State, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has warned that new voters could threaten the progress made by his administration and the Republican-controlled Florida legislature, Fox News reported.

ICYMI: Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) calls San Francisco a “dumpster fire” and expresses concern about Democrats moving to Florida:

“It is a problem because I do think there’s a class of voters who would come to Florida, and they would continue to vote the same way.” pic.twitter.com/BYcIvTydKY

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“There is cause for concern,” DeSantis said. “Texas would have all these companies moved from California over the years. So, you’d have companies move from San Francisco to Austin, and they’d bring hundreds of employees with them. And those employees would vote the exact same way they voted that turned San Francisco into the dumpster fire that it is.”

The conservative governor went on to warn that incoming voters from California could vote the same way they did in their progressive state.

“It’s like the leftism, they will not draw the connection between their leftist ideology and the destruction that’s all around them,” DeSantis said. “It is a problem because I do think there’s a class of voters who would come to Florida, and they would continue to vote the same way.”

But as more voters continue to move to Florida from progressive enclaves, DeSantis has set up controls to prevent the state from turning blue.

Earlier this month, for example, the state’s legislature gave the governor redistricting power – a move which many analysts have called “unprecedented.”

“At this time, Legislative reapportionment staff is not drafting or producing a map for introduction during the special session,” state Senate President Wilton Simpson and state House Speaker Chris Sprowls said in a joint statement.

“We are awaiting a communication from the Governor’s Office with a map that he will support. Our intention is to provide the Governor’s Office opportunities to present that information before House and Senate redistricting committees,” they added.