A Florida sheriff is laying down the law for those considering leaving blue states for the Sunshine State.
Carmine Marceno of Lee County in southwest Florida has recently sparked a media frenzy because of his pragmatic approach to crime and incarceration.
Marceno, a native New Yorker, said he pulls no punches when it comes to dealing with criminals who believe they can “play” in his county.
He told Fox News: “My message… is clear. If you think you can sell poison and commit crimes, stay away from Lee County and the entire great state of Florida.
“We are ready, and we will absolutely find you, hunt you down and charge you to the fullest extent of the law.”
Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno has made a name for himself as a pragmatic law enforcer who hopes the balance of his state won’t shift because of the influx of liberals from Blue states now dangerous and unpleasant.
He then observed, as many have, that a flood of liberals from New York and California have been flocking to Florida for several years now for a number of reasons, including safety, sunshine and favorable tax breaks.
Marceno worries about the same people who choose to flee their home states because Democrat-run environments have become chaotic, crime-ridden cities with sky-high taxes and nothing to show for them, who move to Florida just to vote for the same. type of leadership that led to the ruin of their once functional cities.
“They want to leave California. They want to leave New York. All right. And then they end up in a state like Florida, where we enforce law and order, and they don’t change their mind,” he said.
“You left a place where chaos reigns, where people can steal, loot and take drugs in safe havens. And then you’re upset because it’s so bad there, and you come here and always do the same thing. Same action, same result.
The sheriff has a tough but fair message to those considering importing their blue state mentality to Florida: “Leave.” Go back where you came from because we don’t want you here.
The sheriff has a tough but fair message to those considering importing their blue state mentality to Florida: “Leave.” Go back where you came from because we don’t want you here’
“We welcome everyone to our great state of Florida. But if you think that anarchy leads the way, if you believe that criminals should roam the streets and steal and steal and, God forbid, poison the streets and kill innocent people, you are not the person we want here. You can go back and live in anarchy.
He highlighted some of the relentless crime plaguing New York’s streets, including a burgeoning epidemic of people being punched in the face.
“The world has gone crazy,” he said.
He hopes that voters who do not prioritize law and order will not vote for him.
“I will regularly tell people: If you don’t like that I stand for law and order, and you don’t like that we incarcerate the wrong people, I’m not the person to vote for.” I’d rather you didn’t vote for me.
According to LinkedIn data, four of the ten fastest growing cities in America are in Florida. Sarasota, Tampa, Jacksonville and Orlando all rank among the places where the greatest number of Americans have moved in recent years.
Per capita, the 10 fastest-growing U.S. cities were all in the South, including four in Florida, three in Texas and two in North Carolina.
Marceno has established himself as something of a social media superstar.
According to Fox, the sheriff and his team often go viral with videos of their large-scale drug busts and videos of him and his SWAT team grooving in front of busted drug dens.
Some fans call him the “best sheriff in America.”
Marceno was elected to his position in 2018 and has since made nearly 2,000 physical arrests, 800 search warrants and handled some 3,300 drug cases – the local jail has been nicknamed the Marceno Motel.
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