Florida Governor Ron DeSantis predicted that, after Chicago’s Tuesday election, Floridians should expect a large influx of immigration from the Windy City due to continued progressive leadership in the area.
The Tuesday election saw progressive candidate Brandon Johnson win against more moderate democrat Paul Vallas. Vallas followed a blueprint similar to that of New York Governor Eric Adams, campaigning to control crime. He even was supported by the local police unions, including one that invited DeSantis to speak. However, it still wasn’t enough to overcome Chicago’s blue bias and beat Johnson, which led DeSantis to predict an imminent mass exodus from the city.
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In a Thursday press conference, DeSantis made no bones about this point.
“You know, I’ve got to follow some of the elections outside of Florida because it affects Florida. This Chicago Mayor, people are going to flee Chicago in even greater numbers.. 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 know, 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…”
The governor details the history of large businesses moving out of Chicago, favoring states like Florida and Texas, along with the significant resident shifts.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Chicago electing a far-left extremist as their next Mayor:
"People are going to flee Chicago in even greater numbers…You see what's not working and you go even further in that direction?!”
What were the people of Chicago thinking??pic.twitter.com/Bea0Ab7Jzz
— Proud Elephant 🇺🇸🦅 (@ProudElephantUS) April 7, 2023
On President’s Day, DeSantis spoke in Elmhurst to the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), the group that supported Johnson for the Mayoral seat. In that speech, DeSantis railed against movements to defund the police, detailing his actions in Florida to prevent such action.
“You know, any city council can have three bozos do something stupid at any given time. So we took matters into our own hands at state level & we said, no jurisdiction in Florida is going to be able to defund police.”
🚨DeSantis with Chicago Police: "You know, any city council can have three bozos do something stupid at any given time. So we took matters into our own hands at state level & we said, no jurisdiction in Florida is going to be able to defund police." pic.twitter.com/7AxziQJGaD
— DeSantis Fandom (@DeSantisFandom) February 23, 2023
In response to these ideas, the now-Mayor-elect Vallas said: “that there is simply no place in Chicago for a right-wing extremist like Ron DeSantis, and I am disappointed in FOP leadership for inviting him to speak to officers.”
ANTIFA reporter and author Andy Ngo tweeted details of Johnson’s law enforcement positions, writing, “Johnson calls for removing law enforcement from society. During the 2020 riots, he defended looters, saying they were lashing out against racism. During the last few years, Chicago’s violent crime has surged under Lori Lightfoot.” DeSantis press secretary Bryan Griffin retweeted Ngo’s message.
It is extremely saddening to watch America's great cities fall by the willful destruction of leftists. https://t.co/5GmPkbI8Po
— Bryan Griffin (@BryanDGriffin) April 5, 2023
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DeSantis’ deputy press secretary Jeremy Redfern claimed that Johnson was worse than previous Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who herself was infamously radical, abandoning the city to BLM rioters in 2021.
Everyone: “There’s no way Chicago can do worse than Lori Lightfoot.”
Chicago: https://t.co/IMDrsTkUwv
— Jeremy Redfern (@JeremyRedfernFL) April 5, 2023
TO square Chicago’s high crime rate with his opposition to policing, Johnson blamed a lack of funding “70 percent of large corporations in the state of Illinois don’t pay a corporate tax.” He also said, “It’s that type of restraint on our budget that has caused the type of disinvestment that has led to poverty, of course, that has led to violence,” as opposed to the violence leading to disinvestment. Johnson offered no source for his claim that Illinois businesses are dodging taxes.
This attitude informs DeSantis’ predictions that more people and businesses will be leaving Chicago; from the looks of things, it seems like a safe bet.
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