Yahoo by Taiyler Simone Mitchell 5/3/2022
DeSantis takes a dig at Twitter as lawmakers encourage Elon Musk to move HQ to Florida: 'Importing some tech company from San Francisco has not been high on our list'
• Florida Governor Ron DeSantis scoffed at efforts to bring Twitter to the state.
• DeSantis stated that a Twitter HQ in Florida would drive up the cost of living.
• Twitter's headquarters are in San Francisco but it has received calls from other states to move.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis discouraged Twitter from bringing its headquarters to the state following Elon Musk's privatization of the platform, Jacksonville outlet News4JAX reported.
At a press conference Monday, DeSantis said the company will bring between $15 and $20 million in profit to the state when Musk is officially the owner of the platform due to the state's investment in Twitter. But he said actually welcoming the company into the state would result in a higher cost of living for residents of the Sunshine State.
"In Florida, I think we've done very well, particularly over the last few years, attracting businesses that are producing things," DeSantis said. "Importing some tech company from San Francisco has not been high on our list. I think that what happens is they'll tend to come in, they drive up the cost of living for everybody else. Yeah, they enjoy our lower taxes but you know, what is what are they really providing?"
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