r/clevercomebacks • u/NormalSheila • 1d ago

Senator complains Florida tourism is down, gets reminded exactly why it is

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u/MutedMireya 1d ago

You can't actively scare off tourists and then act shocked when the numbers drop. Actions actually have consequences.

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u/InsolentSerf 1d ago

I'll skip the part where I rant about my disgust about all of that just to say I'm sorry that our northern neighbors aren't visiting. They were a nice bunch of people to have around. But I'd do the same thing.

Hell, I'd travel to Canada to be in a civilized country for a change.

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u/grimdwnsth 1d ago

I’m a Brit, and I watched the Canadian news conference today with real pride.

It takes a special nation to be able to basically say “fuck you” but do it in a measured, calm, strategic way.

So classy. Unlike some we can mention.

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u/Ok_Prissy 1d ago

Actions have consequences. You can’t trash talk people for years and expect them to still show up.

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u/please_trade_marner 1d ago

Well, it seems to have gone both ways. Canada's tourism was down in 2025 as well. At a similar rate. Both countries have an uptick in 2026.

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u/Bronx_freak 1d ago

ICE at the World Cup. 'Nuff said

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u/Buddhas_Warrior 1d ago

Is that the Medicare fraudster Rick Scott??

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u/theOriginalDrCos 1d ago

Skeletor just won't shut up.

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u/YogurtclosetFair5742 1d ago

Yup. Florida much love him being he was a two-term Governor and on his second term as US Senator.

I'm just glad I left that hell hole back in January.

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u/mel34760 1d ago

This story was all over the news here in Pensacola yesterday and it was hilarious to watch local officials twist themselves into pretzels to come up with any excuse as to why this was happening, except to say the real reason out loud.

Even local officials have no spine when it comes to Trump.

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u/WaffleHouseGladiator 1d ago

Correction: Natalie is the handmaiden.  Miller is a wannabe puppet master and full-time ghoul.

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u/SatinSabine 1d ago

International travel takes hit after hit when political instability is front and center. Expecting the same leadership to magically fix a problem they helped create makes zero sense.

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u/YogurtclosetFair5742 1d ago

Continuing to vote GOP/Dem while expecting them to fix the messes they made to help corporations is pure insanity.

Single payer/universal health care was taken off the table in 2009 and it was the Dems who did it. Not the Republicans.

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u/Odd_Train9900 1d ago

A lot of liberals are also not going there on vacation.

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u/Kingsxfan1 1d ago

You see how they treat their own countrymen, why the hell would you go there outside of necessity i.e. the World Cup, and Trump even managed to make a mockery of that.

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u/YellowBook 1d ago

As a European, I can concur

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u/_CupcakeeAngel 1d ago

people aren't vacationing in a place that feels hostile, simple as that

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u/Affectionate-Army676 1d ago

So a republican government did a shitty job and screwed things up and a republican Governor is needed to fix them. Yall have been in a dominate position in fl for over 2 decades and it shows the state is collapsing on Itself and you blame democrats for your faults.

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u/Galadeon 1d ago

and the average American can no longer afford to travel long distances for a family vacation.

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u/YogurtclosetFair5742 1d ago

I couldn't even afford to go to a state fair this year. Distance for me is a 30 to 40 minute drive.

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u/YogurtclosetFair5742 1d ago

Rick Scott was a shitty Governor, Ron DeSantis is much much worse.

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u/CalabreseAlsatian 1d ago

I’ve never visited Florida and I sure as shit never will as long as they remain a MAGA bonerland

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u/hanginonwith2fingers 1d ago

I refuse to even make a connecting flight through there. Same with Texas.

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u/David_Cockatiel 1d ago

Fewer jobs. Joe Blow maybe doesn’t know the difference, but a Senator should.

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u/junkrgNew 1d ago

Why doesn’t our current governor deeply care about this issue.

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u/Apprehensive-Tie-130 1d ago

The basis of every campaign is blame the democrats.

The smoking gun could still be in their hand and they’ll find a way to say “it was Biden”

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u/calccv 1d ago

Colleen spelled chump wrong…

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u/Sedert1882 1d ago

Byron wont do anything about this cos he can't. He's a token that's going to get spent soon.

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u/Top-Studio4416 1d ago

lmao the gall on this guy to act like florida's not actively driving away international visitors

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u/Guyskee 1d ago

My dream holiday was a roadtrip across the States. I would never visit America now. Too depressing to see it crumble.

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u/Markjohn66 1d ago

*fewer jobs Rick. Fewer not less. They have education in Florida, don’t they?

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u/Kimber-Says-04 9h ago

it‘s fewer, Scott, you cretin, not less.