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CALIFORNIA (The Borowitz Report)Despondent after yesterdays recall election, millions of California Republicans are fleeing the state for Florida and Texas in search of dumber governors.
The Republicans are choosing to leave their lives in California behind rather than put up with another year and a half of a governor who oppressively follows science.
Harland Dorrinson, a real-estate agent in Orange County, said that he was leaving for a new life in Florida with little more than the Rolex on his arm.
I looked at myself in the mirror and asked, Can I really live under the tyranny of a governor who blindly adheres to verifiable reality? he said. I decided Id be better off with Ron DeSantis.
Although he is excited about starting over in the Sunshine State, Dorrinson said that choosing between Florida and Texas was one of the toughest decisions of his life.
With Governor Abbott and Governor DeSantis, you really cant go wrong, he said. Both of them oppose mask mandates. Both of them oppose vaccine mandates. But DeSantis has actually had his videos banned from YouTube for spreading covid misinformation. That was the tiebreaker for me.
Short article, no more at link: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/california-republicans-flee-to-florida-and-texas-in-search-of-dumber-governors
Photograph by Joe Raedle / Getty
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)I looked at myself in the mirror and asked, Can I really live under the tyranny of a governor who blindly adheres to verifiable reality? he said.
Rhiannon12866
(205,405 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)And pretty much sums up their craziness!
Demovictory9
(32,456 posts)dchill
(38,497 posts)abqtommy
(14,118 posts)much busier too. Welcome to reality, you FASCIST SCUM!
lame54
(35,290 posts)And job openings
Enter stage left
(3,396 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,405 posts)But I'm guessing that these self-serving Californians are also considering the weather...
lame54
(35,290 posts)Another reason he chose Florida over Texas
ananda
(28,862 posts)Haggard Celine
(16,846 posts)I'm proud of my governor, too! Tate Reeves goes on Fox News saying stupid shit all the time. We need to have a contest between all of the fucked-up GOP governors to see who is the biggest asshole/idiot. Oh, that's right, we have that, it's called the Republican primary.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,996 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,405 posts)WarGamer
(12,444 posts)A Borowitz story can literally be interchanged with straight news.
I find no satire... only reality
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)UTUSN
(70,696 posts)NullTuples
(6,017 posts)monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,812 posts)NOT Borowitz... Texas tech companies considering leaving Texas.
https://democraticunderground.com/100215859701
'Exit TX': Republicans' extreme politics send Texas-based tech companies into crisis mode
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)miyazaki
(2,243 posts)after having to decide which red state would be best suited for them, including Florida. "Commie California" and all that other horseshit etc. GTFO!
Rhiannon12866
(205,405 posts)I've said so often that Borowitz satire comes dangerously close to today's reality, apparently this time he unintentionally crossed the line...
No income tax and guns everywhere. For a RWNJ, what's not to love?