New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- 24-hours before the New York mayor elections which Democrat Zohran Mamdani won, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that he would 'impose a 100 percent tariff' on New Yorkers moving to the state.

"After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC," the Republican governor tweeted on the eve of the mayoral election.

After Mamdani's victory on Tuesday night, Abbott posted on X, "Join me for a moment of silence for NYC. Thoughts & prayers."

It wasn't clear why Abbott wanted to punish those willing to move to Texas even when the power to impose tariffs falls under the federal government's authority, not the states.

However, in New York, Mamdani wants to raise city's ...