What would it be like for a throng of New Yorkers to pack up their lives and suddenly move to Pennsylvania? <\/p>\n
Would they be enthralled by living in the same state as a Super Bowl-winning football team for once? Have their breath taken away by our mountain ranges? Take advantage of our numerous universities? <\/p>\n
Sen. Dave McCormick<\/a> surely thinks so. <\/p>\n The Republican posted a video to social media Monday night<\/a> pitching the wonders of Pennsylvania to New Yorkers upset by Democrat Zohran Mamdani\u2019s victory in last week\u2019s mayoral election. Mamdani, a democratic socialist, defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose independent campaign received President <\/a>Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s endorsement.<\/p>\n \u201cAre you worried about your future in New York? McCormick said in the video as an optimistic-sounding backing track reached a crescendo. \u201dBecause I have just the place for you: Pennsylvania.\u201d <\/p>\n The minute-long video comes as some business leaders and Republican politicians, including Trump<\/a>, claim that New Yorkers will flee the city due to a Mamdani win. <\/p>\n Mamdani defeated Cuomo by double digits in the Democratic primary in June, and then defeated him by nearly 10 points in their general election rematch last week. <\/p>\n McCormick\u2019s video began with a montage of pictures of Mamdani, who will be the city\u2019s first Muslim and first Asian mayor, and clippings from The New York Post and other outlets claiming the mayor-elect is a \u201ccommunist\u201d or will be issue tax hikes. Another clip tries to tie him to the phrase \u201cglobalize the intifada,\u201d which some see as a call for violence against Jewish people. After previously receiving criticism for not condemning the phrase<\/a>, Mamdani has said he would discourage its use. <\/p>\n The Pennsylvania senator suggests that \u201cno one is going to make you feel unwelcome for loving America, loving freedom, and loving your God,\u201d in Pennsylvania and touts the state\u2019s investments in steel, life sciences, and artificial intelligence. He also features a clip of Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts<\/a> holding the Lombardi trophy.<\/p>\n At the video\u2019s end, McCormick \u2014 born outside Pittsburgh \u2014 directs these potential new residents to Western Pa., by telling them to head west on I-80. <\/p>\n Maybe he just wants New Yorkers to avoid Eagles fans. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What would it be like for a throng of New Yorkers to pack up their lives and suddenly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[21436,9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-36578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-dave-mccormick-new-yorkers-moving-mamdani-mayor-win","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}