Leftist ‘Donald Dashers’ like DeGeneres, Ferrara are fleeing a Trump who doesn’t exist

The Daily Mail conscionable profiled a fewer of the 6,100 Americans — "rich and famous" elites — who fled the U.S. and applied for U.K. citizenship, terrified of the shade stories they told themselves astir President Donald Trump and his instrumentality to the White House.  

Dubbed "Donald Dashers," they’re bolting for New Zealand and the U.K., a 26% leap from 2023 and a grounds precocious successful 2 decades. It’s a communicative of effete panic — proof, they say, that Trump’s America is unlivable. Except it’s not impervious — it’s cosplay, and the information proves it’s a phantasy that lone a fistful of spoiled brats tin spend to indulge. 

Someone erstwhile remarked that the "British and Americans are 2 radical separated by a communal language." Yet, 1 mightiness fishy that those who uprooted to determination to Notting Hill successful London are 1 radical with their neighbors, agreed by their contempt for communal sense. 

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The Census Bureau’s 2023 State-to-State Migration Flows study tells the existent story. California mislaid 268,052 residents nett — 690,127 moved retired to different states, portion 422,075 moved successful — different twelvemonth of bleeding endowment and taxpayers. Texas gained 133,372 — 611,942 arrivals and 478,570 departures — with 93,970 Californians picking the Lone Star State arsenic their apical destination. That’s 15 times the 6,100 "Dashers" who abandoned the nation.    

Several celebrities are fleeing the U.S., including Ellen DeGeneres (Right), due to the fact that of outlandish fears of the Trump era. FILE: Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres joined successful 2008. (Getty Images)

New York is nary better: 481,544 moved retired to different states, 302,835 moved in, a nett nonaccomplishment of 178,709. Where’d they go? Florida, the apical spot, took successful 71,906 New Yorkers, portion gaining 126,008 nett — 636,933 arrivals and 510,925 departures.  

Blue states are emptying, reddish states are thriving. 

Jobs backmost this up. California saw its backstage assemblage jobs turn by an anemic 0.8% successful 2024. New York was a shadiness stronger astatine 1.4% maturation successful backstage payrolls. Texas smoked some of its large bluish authorities rivals with 2.1% occupation maturation — 52% higher than New York and a whopping 156% higher than California.  

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California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom is apt thrilled to beryllium terming retired adjacent twelvemonth truthful that helium tin enactment immoderate region betwixt the smoking remains of California’s system and his expected tally for president.  

On the different hand, Texas, the epitome of reddish authorities Trump America, is simply a magnet for workers and businesses. People don’t fly accidental — they pursuit it. Yet the "Dashers" disregard this, clutching their passports portion millions determination to Trump-friendly states, not away. 

Trump’s nett occupation support tells different tale: it’s been affirmative connected RealClearPolitics since the inauguration, with astir fractional the state successful his corner. If he’s specified a nightmare, wherefore are lone 6,100 retired of 340 cardinal — 0.0018% — plotting an planetary escape?  

These "Dashers" aren’t fleeing reality; they’re surviving a delusion. Maybe they deliberation Trump’s coming for their taxation cuts—the aforesaid cuts that fattened their wallets successful his archetypal term. Maybe they’ve bought the media’s "fascism" hype, contempt 4 years of Trump leaving their caviar untouched and their escaped code rights strengthened.  

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California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom is apt thrilled to beryllium terming retired adjacent twelvemonth truthful that helium tin enactment immoderate region betwixt the smoking remains of California’s system and his expected tally for president.  

Whatever it is, it’s not the America the remainder of america see. The "Dashers" can’t quadrate this with their dystopian script, truthful they pitchy overseas portion millions ballot with moving vans and U-Hauls, migrating from bluish to reddish states, chasing state and jobs, not fleeing Trump. 

The "Donald Dashers" are a large number playing exile dress-up from a tyranny that doesn’t exist. A boutique rebellion that volition extremity successful a whimper.  

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