Exclusive | Sen. Rick Scott to fly banner urging New Yorkers who ‘hate socialism’ to move to Florida: ‘We have better beaches’ 

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is taking aim at socialist Big Apple mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani – with aerial ads urging fed-up New Yorkers to flee to Florida. 

“Hate Socialism? Us too! Move 2 FL,” read the banners the Sunshine State senator will fly over New York beaches this weekend. 

In a Florida flex, the ad continues: “WE HAVE BETTER BEACHES.” 

In a statement, Scott described the ad campaign as a “friendly reminder” to New Yorkers that “in addition to our world class beaches, Florida is the state where you can escape socialism.”

The senator also slammed the cost of living in the Big Apple, antisemitism on college campuses and the rise of Mamdani. 

“New York City once represented the American Dream – a city where anything was possible. Today, it has now become the city where only billionaires can prosper, Jewish students are attacked on campus, capitalism is shunned and radical socialists like Zohran Mamdani are celebrated,” Scott said. “New York City has benefitted from the best system in the world – Capitalism – yet it is now being villainized by the Democrats all across this country.” 

“Democrats are working around the clock to discredit President Trump and tear down our country and rebuild it in their woke, radical image through socialist policies.”

Scott decried socialism as “an old, barbaric, discredited idea that’s failed every time it’s been tried” and noted that Florida has become a place of refuge for families that have fled “brutal regimes” in Cuba and Venezuela.

“As Governor and now US Senator, I have constantly worked to make sure every family can get a great job, their kids can get a world class education and they can live in safe communities,” he added. “That is the American Dream and it is deeply unfortunate that it is completely slipping away in New York.”

“New York families deserve better.”