Exclusive | California transplants erupt after being blamed for blue tsunami flipping Texas: Ignorant nonsense

“Don’t California my Texas.“That was Gov.Greg Abbott’s message to the influx of Californians who’d moved to the Lone Star State a blue tsunami struck during the midterms.But now transplants are firing back at being blamed for the sweep of Democratic votes, saying they were Republicans too.

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By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story “It’s totally ignorant nonsense,” Doreen Diego, 65, told The California Post.

The former Bay Area native moved to Texas in 2019 with her husband, Joe.Unlike some Texans who had second thoughts about the state after Democrats James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa won the Senate and gubernatorial races, she has no plans to go anywhere.She believes the state turned blue instead because of the companies that relocated to Texas.“People who voluntarily made the choice to come here are clearly red,” she said.“However, companies that have come here and relocated, thus offering employees relocation packages and job incentives, I can’t speak to.

If they were not red voters prior, they are not going to vote red.”She added that people from a variety of places relocated to Texas, including “minorities” who came to Texas to work virtually “for their kids, no state tax and lower housing prices,” she said.Those voters turned Dallas-Fort Worth suburb Collin County, which was red in the 2024 election, blue, she added.The Golden Stater-turned-Texan says companies will continue to relocate and expand in Texas, leading to change in the state.Companies ranging from Tesla, Oracle, Chevron, and Charles Schwab have moved assets from California to Texas in recent years.Elon Musk, for example, said he moved Tesla to Texas because of a California business climate he viewed as increasingly hostile.Marie Bailey, a 44-year-old realtor at the h...