Yeah, well, even if DeSantis did pull this rotten trick, his state still has those frozen iguanas falling out of palm trees and crushing people’s heads.

News that a huge alligator caught and killed an 85-year-old Florida woman horrified the nation and sparked stories of similar attacks by other just as vicious gators. New Yorkers considering fleeing NYC taxes and crime and moving to the Sunshine State were understandably made nervous by all this, and today things only got worse when it was announced that three more alligators had been removed from the same point of ambush: In making that announcement, the president of the homeowners’ association where the poor woman died did nothing to calm the nerves of prospective residents from out of state:

"They did so to allay any concerns and to make us realize the precautions we should take with regard to wildlife, alligators in particular," Mandelker told the newspaper. "If you’re walking by a lake, a pond, anywhere in Florida, understand, this is Florida, there could be alligators, so do not walk against the edges of any pond or lake, stay a safe distance away."

So, reading that story today, and wondering at its potential for slowing the exodus of New Yorkers, I remembered a similar story from last week, and wondered whether DeSantis, that master of manipulation, the Buser from Boca, might have added an extra passenger or two to his illegal-alien shipments up north, just to say, “see? You got ‘em too, so don’t worry, and come on down!” I‘d put nothing past the man.

February 20: Onlookers stunned as alligator pulled from Brooklyn park pond.

it had to come from somewhere