Ron DeSantis bashes New York Dems at Lee Zeldin rally on Long Island - New York Post

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted New York Democrats for “coddling” criminals astatine a run lawsuit connected Long Island Saturday – and blamed their enactment for sending residents packing for the Sunshine State.

DeSantis, appearing alongside New York GOP gubernatorial campaigner Lee Zeldin, adjacent took a swipe astatine erstwhile New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for the migration.

“When de Blasio got elected politician of New York, you cognize however overmuch existent property successful South Florida spiked erstwhile helium got elected Mayor of New York City?” DeSantis quipped.

DeSantis — believed to beryllium a favorite to tally connected the Republican summons successful the 2024 statesmanlike predetermination — took the signifier successful beforehand of thousands astatine Hauppauge successful Suffolk County arsenic Zeldin continues to adjacent the spread against incumbent Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul.

The Sunshine State’s person bashed New York policies, including the arguable bail betterment laws and said helium couldn’t hold to spot Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg removed from office, which Zeldin has pledged to bash if elected.

Zeldin has chopped Hochul’s antecedently wide pb to conscionable six points, according to a canvass released connected Friday.Edmund J Coppa

“The transgression occupation has been wholly self-inflicted — you chopped constabulary budgets, you bash things similar destruct currency bail and you person rogue prosecutors who won’t adjacent enforce laws that they hold with — of people you’re going to person streets that are little safe,” DeSantis said. “Of people you are going to person radical that aren’t capable to bash the basics without fearing for their safety.”

“Stop turning [criminals] escaped connected the street. They’ll perpetrate a transgression and they enactment them close backmost out,” helium went on. “Stop releasing radical aboriginal from prison. If you bash the crime, you indispensable bash the time.”

“We request to absorption much connected supporting the rights of the victims of transgression and not beryllium truthful acrophobic with the rights of the criminal. Lee Zeldin volition not coddle these people. He volition clasp them accountable and you volition beryllium safer arsenic a result.”

DeSantis said radical “are sick and bushed of transgression that you see, peculiarly successful New York City.” He boasted that Florida was a law-and-order authorities and that New York would go 1 if Zeldin were to beryllium elected.

DeSantis said that if elected governor, Lee Zeldin would halt “coddling criminals.”Edmund J Coppa

A record-breaking fig of New Yorkers person swapped their New York driver’s licenses for Florida licenses arsenic droves person fled the Empire State for the Sunshine State, The Post reported past month.

DeSantis said erstwhile New Yorkers who moved to Florida were upset implicit the “George Floyd riots successful 2020.” He said helium called the National Guard successful Florida due to the fact that “we were not going to fto our cities pain down, we were not going to fto our cities beryllium destroyed.”

He besides went aft Hochul’s comments successful August, wherever she called connected New York Republicans to “Just leap connected a autobus and caput down to Florida wherever you belong,” adding, “You are not New Yorkers.”

“You have  a concern present wherever not lone is your authorities making unspeakable decisions successful driving radical away, you person a politician who is telling Republicans successful New York to permission the state. How pathetic is that?” DeSantis said.

Zeldin promised to occurrence progressive Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg his archetypal time successful office, if elected New York governor.Edmund J Coppa

Supporters of Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) be a rally with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) stumping astatine a Get Out The Vote Rally connected October 29, 2022 successful Hauppauge, New York.Getty Images

Zeldin, who spoke aft DeSantis, said New Yorkers were leaving due to the fact that the authorities has go excessively expensive, unsafe and restrictive.

“We privation to beryllium capable to accidental that we unrecorded successful the top authorities successful the top state of the world, but past we telephone up our friends and household successful different places similar Florida,” Zeldin said.

“And past they constituent retired to america ‘doesn’t New York pb the state successful retired migration?’ So however tin you accidental that you unrecorded successful the top authorities successful the top state of the world?”

With conscionable 10 days to spell until Election Day, Zeldin has surged wrong azygous digits of Hochul successful polls implicit the past respective weeks.

Both candidates person astir $6 cardinal near successful their coffers for the last 10-day propulsion to the decorativeness line.

Those successful attendance astatine Saturday night’s rally told The Post that the azygous biggest contented for them going into this predetermination is crime.

“Crime is the fig 1 problem,” said Forest Hills nonmigratory David Rem, a self-identified bluish collar idiosyncratic and begetter of a 17-year-old daughter.

Zeldin’s run is looking to marque a last propulsion with little than 2 weeks earlier predetermination day.Edmund J Coppa

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke astatine a rally for New York gubernatorial campaigner Lee Zeldin successful Long Island connected Saturday.Edmund J Coppa

“I interest that I’m not going to spot her successful the evening,” Rem told The Post. “She’s forced to instrumentality the train. I’m not a millionaire. I don’t person constabulary extortion and neither does she.”

“There’s been stabbings and shootings. Kathy Hochul said it’s conscionable astir guns. It’s not conscionable astir guns. People are getting deed successful the caput with hammers,” helium said of the unit successful New York.

Phil Eareckson, a 54-year-old Babylon nonmigratory and registered Republican, said he’s “looking for a alteration successful New York. I privation a alteration successful transgression and bail reform.”

“Crime! Crime! Crime!” added his woman Karla, 50, a retired nurse.

Judy Tedesco, 55, of Yaphank, besides said she wanted Republicans to prehend power of the authorities to “stop crime,” calling Gov. Hochul “out of touch” connected this issue.

“I deliberation she’s retired of interaction with everybody. When she said I don’t cognize wherefore transgression is that large of a woody to you, evidently she’s not astir the masses. She’s bewildered and doesn’t recognize wherefore transgression is an issue.”