so what the heck is everyone moving? well, one of the most popular places to relocate fromce high tax blue states is without florida, whichn saw its population increase by two hundred and eleven thousand between july1, 20 and july 2020 one . . and by the way, it s not just people moving of the five point eight million new businesses and the applications up between january 21 and january 2020 two, a stunning 12% were right here in florida. now with these numbers, it s non wonder that florida governor rhonda stantis is way up in the polls in his and reelection race. and nationwide, he s building a profile and an impressive fundraising operation with all the above all those things we just talk about liberal governors with ambitions for national office, have the knives out for him, including that walking pile of hair gel. gavin newsom. ff although he easily defeated a recall effort, his statete is reeling from high crime underperforming schools, a glut of illegal aliens, a water
so why do we need this ban? well, the defense department t warned exactly a year ago tomorrow that systems produced by dji pose potential threatsts to national security. but despite all this, the fbi and dhs made a stunning admission last week. week does the fbi currently purchase and use chinese made drones? yes or no? we do. you do is to teach us currently purchase and chinese made drones. dhs is prohibited. the purchasechin foreign made drones, small u.s. absent waivers for very specific circumstances. so you are i can followith with more specific details, but the answer s yes. joining me now is elbridge o corbey, former deputy assistant secretary of defense , author ofri the strategy of denial elbridge. i think americansat are watching this and they can t even believe their ears. why do we continue to engage in what is obvious self sabotage here? i think you re exactly right, laura . i mean, as governor desanctis
the depths of the south china sea. but guess who s going to try to beat them to it? the cpac of course. speaking ofn which, on the eveve of china s hosting o the games in beijing, some house republicans think it s a good time to go soft. the washington examiner reporting in a letter to house mccarthyleader kevin and a bipartisan group of lawmakers including 60 repub urged president joe biden s top trade official to expand tariff exclusions on chinese goods. joining me now is elbridge kolby, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategic strategy and force development under president trump is alsoegeg me the author of the strategy of denial elbridge . this doesn t seem like the right time to be takingg economic pressure off china now that we just learned we had a onee trillion dollar overall trade deficit last year. lldeyour thoughts? great to be with you, laura .