James Lankford: “What we're watching in New York is the fleeing of people…”

“Am I out of line to say it's becoming far more socialistic in nature in terms of some of the results from the primaries there in New York this week? It absolutely is. What we're watching in New York is the fleeing of people from New York for years that are, you know, people with American values and capitalism and freedom and the folks that are there are thriving on socialism. And this is why a lot of people have left New York. This is the big reason that Florida has continued to grow so fast.” (09:44–10:00)

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