Jamelle Bouie: “The conceit of this dehumanizing bit of political theater was that the liberal denizens of Martha’s Vineyard would reject the migrants out of hypocrisy, thus proving that Democrats aren’t actually interested in welcoming immigrants into their communities. To DeSantis and his amen corner, asylum seekers are disposable, and they believe that liberals will want to dispose of them too.” “What happened, instead, was that residents of Martha’s Vineyard rallied to provide food, shelter, clothing and services. The asylum seekers are now on their way to Cape Cod, to receive further assistance. The stunt failed to make its intended point.” “The same was true of a previous stunt, in which DeSantis touted the arrests of 20 former felons for election fraud. The intended message was that Florida, and presumably the entire country, needed to be on constant alert to block fraudulent voters. But in the days and weeks after the arrests, an investigation by The Tampa Bay Times found that the state had actually cleared those residents to vote.”
DeSantis: There Were More Corporate Journalists In Martha's Vineyard Today Than Have Ever Gone To The Southern Border https://www.realclearpolitics.com/v...an_have_ever_gone_to_the_southern_border.html
GOV. RON DESANTIS: I also was a little bit perplexed when I heard that the president is scrambling to get his cabinet together to try to address the fact that we have governors who are helping to relocate illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities. He didn't scramble to get his cabinet together when we had millions of people illegally poouring across the southern border. He didn't scramble to get his cabinet together when you had 53 migrants die in some trailer in Texas because they were neglected by the federal government. He didn't scramble to get his cabinet together when we had Americans that were victimixed by cirminal aliens that he let across the border He didn't scramble to get his cabinet together when we hit record fentanyl deaths, when that fentanyl is coming across his open border. It is only when we had 50 illegal aliens end up in a very wealthy, rich sanctuary enclave that he decides to scramble on this. I think what we are doing is using every tool at our disposal to insulate the state of Florida from the negative ramifications of his reckless border policies. And yes, that involves helping with transport. It involves suing on catch-and-release, which we have done. It involves making sure that contractors are held accountable if they're involved facilitating this into our state. We have a state-wide grand jury looking into different types of practices that may be going on in the state and exacerbating the problem. At the end of the day, this is a massive policy failure by the president. A massive and intentional policy that is causing a huge amount of damage all across the country, and it is all rooted in a failure to take care that the laws are faithfully executed and to fulfill his oath of office. Instead of scrambling and worrying about a bunch of rich people and having 50, and by the way, they already bussed them out, they're gone. They said they want everyone and nobody is illegal - and they're gone within 48 hours. Why not actually look at what's going on? There were more Acela corporate journalists in Martha's Vineyard otday than have ever gone down to the Southern border to look at what's going on. Why don't you go down there and look at what those communities have to deal with every day.
to be clear, the basket of deplorable isn't reading these opinion pieces, they're celebrating "alpha AF" DeCuntis, reveling in their ignorance.
DeSantis says trafficking migrants to Martha's Vineyard was humane because he gave them 'maps' Ronnie promised them jobs , gave them maps and brochures.....from another state.
weren't the replacement theorists bitching that Mexican orgs were giving maps to migrants? *eventually. How horrible of libs to accommodate these fascism victims w/more space and better living quarters