Texas Governor Greg Abbott is clearly not a fan of the prospect of people moving to Texas from New York City.

In response to speculation about New Yorkers relocating to Texas after the results of New York City’s mayoral race, Gov. Abbott announced on X on Monday that he would impose a “100% tariff” on anyone moving from the Big Apple after Tuesday’s elections.

The post generated lots of interactions, exceeding 16 million views, 124,000 likes and 12,000 comments as of this writing.

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It’s unclear whether or not this post was meant to be taken in jest, but Gov. Abbott has not posted anything related to the tariff threat in the 26 hours since the original post was made.

In fact,

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