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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said New York City just shot itself in the foot by electing avowed democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani its next mayor, adding that the far left would have lost in both the Big Apple and New Jersey if an exodus wasn’t already under way.

Fox News host Sean Hannity said at least 9% of New Yorkers plan to leave the city if Mamdani wins, adding that he personally hopes Mamdani loses — for the sake of friends who haven’t yet joined him in Florida after the city’s political decline.

DeSantis suggested he will continue to welcome New Yorkers to Florida who want to keep any far-left politics back north.

"This is a guy, Mamdani, he wants to take down the Columbus statue. I have already said if they take

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