Florida Commemorates Victims of Communism Day as NYC Residents Prepare to Flee From Mamdani’s Reign – RedState
Ron DeSantis, governor of the Free State of Florida, attacked New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani during a speech commemorating Victims of Communism Day on Friday.
Victims of Communism Day was established in the Sunshine State in 2022, but takes on special significance this year following Mamdani’s election victory earlier this week.
A fitting state moniker for one who wants to shed light on the deadly perils of communism, long suppressed by an education system that helped bring ignorant voters to Mamdani en masse.
“We remember the 100 million people killed at the hands of Marxist-Leninist regimes and honor those who courageously fought for freedom from communism,” DeSantis (R) wrote on X. “We must ensure that young people understand the destructive nature of communist ideology.”
Beyond simply being a day of remembrance for the millions of victims of a murderous political and economic ideology, it is also an opportunity to educate. The bill, signed by DeSantis in 2022, directs schools to develop comprehensive instruction on the history of communism beginning in the 2026-2027 school year.
“We must ensure that students learn the lessons of history, recognize the destructiveness of Marxism-Leninism, and appreciate the founding principles of the American republic,” the governor said in a statement.
Today in the state of Florida is Victims of Communism Day.
We remember the 100 million people killed at the hands of Marxist-Leninist regimes and pay tribute to those who courageously fought for freedom from communism.
We must ensure that young people understand the destructive nature of…
– Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) November 7, 2025
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There were more troubling aspects of Mamdani’s victory speech
Unfortunately, Mamdani’s voters are not aware of the destructive nature of communism, whether pure ignorance or deliberate ignorance. DeSantis highlighted the importance of Victims of Communism Day in light of recent events.
“We just had a guy elected in New York, elected mayor,” he said in a speech celebrating the solemn day. “You know, I got on the podium and I quoted Ronald Reagan, and he got on the podium and quoted a guy named Eugene V. Debs, who was a communist.”
RedState reporter Nick Arama highlighted Mamdani’s “disturbing” victory speech that mentioned Debs, a famous socialist arrested in 1918 under the Espionage Act and sentenced to ten years in federal prison, before having his sentence commuted by President Warren Harding.
“The sun may have set on our city tonight,” Mamdani told his supporters. “But as Eugene Debs once said: ‘I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity.’”
The irony is that communist rule is about to plunge the city that never sleeps into a dark hellscape.
Historical estimates attribute about 100 million deaths to communist regimes in the 20th century, including 20 million under Stalin’s Soviet Union, 65 million under Mao’s China, and millions more in Cambodia, North Korea, and Eastern Europe.
Florida knows this scourge all too well.
Cuba’s communist regime has inflicted suffering through systematic human rights violations, including political repression, arbitrary detentions, and suppression of freedom of expression. Not to mention the chronic economic stagnation marked by shortages and poverty that has caused massive humanitarian crises and driven those fleeing oppression to the shores of Florida.
“I can’t think of any place in this country that has a more instinctive understanding of the dangers of communism than our South Florida communities,” DeSantis said.
New York City residents didn’t seem to understand these basic facts on Election Day. And from now on, people who settle in Florida will not only come from Cuba. Nearly a million residents indicated that they would “permanently” flee New York now that Mamdani would be in charge.
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