In yet another effort to prove he can be just as Trumpy as the original, Ron DeSantis has taken to trash talking Canadian tourists. Using figures that predate the impacts of Trump’s 51st state rhetoric, DeSantis is insisting that Canadians are still flocking to Florida in record numbers. The implicit argument is that they have no other viable choices.
He’s wrong. We will have the same problems with Europeans, too. DeSantis needs to learn that abusing foreign tourists is not a good way to run an economy that relies heavily on their spending.