{"id":1774153,"date":"2022-12-13T16:32:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T21:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1774153"},"modified":"2022-12-13T16:33:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T21:33:00","slug":"gop-rep-invites-elon-musk-to-move-twitter-to-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-invites-elon-musk-to-move-twitter-to-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep. Invites Elon Musk To Move Twitter To Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-rep-invites-elon-musk-to-move-twitter-to-florida%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1774153&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Carlos Gim\u00e9nez (R-FL) sent a letter to Twitter CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> on Monday urging him to move the platform\u2019s headquarters to his state.<\/p>\n<p>Gim\u00e9nez requested that Musk relocate to Miami-Dade County to escape the leftist environment of San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am writing to you as the former Mayor of Miami-Dade County who now has the distinct honor of representing my community in Congress. We want to encourage you to explore our Free State of Florida and make the move to relocate Twitter to Miami-Dade County,\u201d Gim\u00e9nez said in the <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1MWCt3D0iy500Sm25E2HFuihMD7jQfzfD\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Mayor of Miami-Dade County, I worked tirelessly to transform our world-class city into a global technology hub. Early on, we identified the tech sector as one with limitless potential and dreamed of\u00a0luring companies\u00a0from California\u2019s burdensome Silicon Valley to the always sunny Tech Beach, right in the heart of South Florida,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The letter emphasized Florida\u2019s freedoms over California\u2019s \u201cleftist dystopia,\u201d referring to policies in the Golden State that have contrasted with the freedom focus under Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has stated that Musk\u2019s plan to buy Twitter was a positive development, but has not extended a similar invitation for the company to move its headquarters.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a>\u2019s offer to buy Twitter is a good deal for shareholders and raises the prospect that the platform will be a place where free speech can thrive, not a tool for narrative enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1518626715894956035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gim\u00e9nez is not the first leader to challenge Musk to move Twitter out of California. In April, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott also urged Musk, who already has a strong presence in the Lone Star state with SpaceX and his other companies, to consider moving Twitter under his leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@elonmusk. Bring Twitter to Texas to join Tesla, SpaceX &#038; the Boring company,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a>. Bring Twitter to Texas to join Tesla, SpaceX &#038; the Boring company.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1518693037337194496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi Noem also extended an invitation for Twitter to move to her state in April.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@ElonMusk, if Twitter is in need of a new HQ, South Dakota is open for business,\u201d Noem wrote.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ElonMusk<\/a>, if Twitter is in need of a new HQ, South Dakota is open for business.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KristiNoem\/status\/1518674757230772226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During a meeting with employees last month, Musk said that if he made a move, it would likely involve dual headquarters with a second location in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we want to move the headquarters to Texas I think it would play into the idea that Twitter has gone from being left-wing to right-wing, which is not the case,\u201d Musk reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/technology\/3746765-musk-says-hes-done-with-twitter-layoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> employees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a right-wing takeover of Twitter. It is a moderate-wing takeover of Twitter,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Musk recently expressed frustration over the politics of San Francisco after the city reportedly opened an investigation into Twitter for adding beds to some office spaces for employees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo city of SF attacks companies providing beds for tired employees instead of making sure kids are safe from fentanyl,\u201d Musk wrote. \u201cWhere are your priorities @LondonBreed!?\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So city of SF attacks companies providing beds for tired employees instead of making sure kids are safe from fentanyl. Where are your priorities <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LondonBreed?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LondonBreed<\/a>!?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M7QJWP7u0N\">https:\/\/t.co\/M7QJWP7u0N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1600272617759731712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to make sure the building is being used as intended,\u201d Patrick Hannan, a spokesperson for the Department of Building Inspections, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2022\/12\/07\/musk-twitter-bedrooms-san-francisco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> The Washington Post concerning the\u00a0investigation. \u201cThere are different building code requirements for residential buildings, including those being used for short-term stays. These codes make sure people are using spaces safely.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Carlos Gim\u00e9nez (R-FL) sent a letter to Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Monday urging him to move the platform\u2019s headquarters to his state. Gim\u00e9nez requested that Musk relocate to Miami-Dade County to escape the leftist environment of San Francisco. \u201cI am writing to you as the former Mayor of Miami-Dade County who now has &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1774156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[6202,4249,5113,6203,4477,4250,7129,4253,6195],"class_list":["post-1774153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-daily","tag-elon","tag-florida","tag-gop","tag-invites","tag-musk","tag-rep","tag-twitter","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1774153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1774153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1774153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1774156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1774153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1774153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1774153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}