Billboards placed in San Francisco and Los Angeles are warning Californians not to move to Texas, citing the Uvalde school shooting as a reason not to move there.
The controversial billboards show a hooded person wearing sunglasses, with the words “The Texas Miracle died in Uvalde” prominently displayed. The phrase “Don’t mess with Texas” was also crossed out with a red “X” on the board and was replaced with the words “Don’t move to Texas,” according to the California Globe.
“The ads were supposed to show how dangerous Texas is when it comes to gun-related incidents and tragedies, but it has kind of backfired,” Theresa Soto, a political advertisement media specialist, told the outlet. “Most people, as we’ve seen in social media and through opinions, are instead questioning why using a tragedy like that to not get people to move there.”
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The Uvalde school shooting took place at Robb Elementary School on May 24, leaving 19 students and two teachers dead. The families of the shooting victims are planning to file a $27 billion lawsuit against the school district’s police force for its response to the attack, which has been greatly criticized since the shooting.
In July, California Gov. Gavin Newsom took out full-page ads in three Texas newspapers juxtaposing the records of Texas and California on policies such as abortion rights and public safety.
Texas was the state that most people were moving to, while California is experiencing the most resident departures, U-Haul’s annual report for 2021 showed. From 2010 through 2019, 885,000 people moved to Texas, roughly 303,000 of whom were from California, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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The Washington Examiner has contacted the mayors of San Francisco and Los Angeles for comment.
