Texas governor threatens New Yorkers fleeing state after Mamdani wins election

Freshly-installed New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani’s successful campaign has sent shockwaves across the United States in recent weeks. They’ve even, it seems, reached all the way down to Texas. Governor Greg Abbott, a close ally of Donald Trump, made clear with a post on X that anyone from The Big Apple eyeing up The Lone Star State as an ‘escape route’ would have to pay for the privilege. He posted online: ‘I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas f