Longtime New Yorker Sean Hannity is officially done.
The Fox News Channel host first announced on his radio show Tuesday afternoon that he was “broadcasting now from my new home in the free state of Florida.”
He made a similar announcement Tuesday evening on his Fox News show “Hannity” and went into detail on the whys.
“Tonight, we are now broadcasting from my new home, the great free state of Florida,” he closed the show by saying on the outro segment. “Like so many Americans, I left New York for good and am now in a state with, let’s see, warmer weather, law and order, better education, more freedom, better quality of life and guess what — no state income tax.”
On his radio show, he mentioned another reason — political representation.
“For the first time that I can think of in my adult life, I actually have representatives in the state that I’m living in that share my values. I have a governor by the name of Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. Rick Scott. So I’m feeling a lot better about it,” Mr. Hannity said, according to an account of the move on the Fox News website.
He noted that longtime listeners of his radio show know he has “been threatening now to do this for quite a while, but … I am out. I am done. I’m finished. New York, New York, goodbye.”
Mr. Hannity noted that he is part of a national trend, albeit not a leader.
”It’s obvious this migration out of the blue states with high taxes, burdensome regulation, high crime, horrible school districts is real. And if anything, I’m probably late and behind the curve,” he said.
• Victor Morton can be reached at vmorton@washingtontimes.com.
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