Florida governor defends migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard, suggests more to come
Source: AOL News
MARTHA'S VINEYARD, Mass. (Reuters) - Florida's Republican governor on Friday defended his decision to fly dozens of migrants to the wealthy vacation island of Martha's Vineyard from Texas, and said similar actions could follow as a political dispute over border security deepened in the run-up to U.S. elections in November.
DeSantis claimed credit for a pair of chartered flights on Wednesday that carried around 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, as part of a broader Republican effort to shift responsibility for border crossers to Democratic leaders.
At a news conference in Daytona Beach, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis blamed Democratic President Joe Biden for what he portrayed as a failure to stop migrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, as a record 1.8 million have been arrested this fiscal year.
DeSantis said the Florida Legislature set aside $12 million to transport migrants out of the state and that his government would likely use the funds "to protect Florida."
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History lesson from a history teacher:
To convince Jews to leave the ghetto and get on the trains willingly, the Nazis told them they would be going east to better housing, to bring their tools because they would have jobs, and would have plenty to eat while the worked.
It seems Republicans are following the same playbook, only altered a bit.
nuxvomica
(12,419 posts)I can't believe any of this is legal.
GreenWave
(6,693 posts)It would inspire our base.
CrispyQ
(36,442 posts)That sounds like Biden's doing his job, to me. ??? What do they want him to do? Stop them from coming? And how would he do that? Turn America into a shithole country like the right wants to do? Ya know, that might work.
JFC, these people.
bucolic_frolic
(43,115 posts)Ritabert
(666 posts)...to send. He claims they're overrun. Instead he sends people to Texas to mislead people into getting on a plane.
Ray Bruns
(4,092 posts)Someone needs to make sure that these are not federal funds.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Violation of state law against Human trafficking.
keithbvadu2
(36,724 posts)Will he be sending them with the same fraudulent documents?
HEY! Now they're 'documented'.
RAB910
(3,497 posts)William Seger
(10,778 posts)... and is now saying that spending the allocated money "to protect Florida" was justified because he's pretty sure they were all headed for Florida!
jalan48
(13,853 posts)Traildogbob
(8,707 posts)To DeSatans home. They have been held 20 years without charges, hell being Muslims in Florida is a much worse penalty for them. Fly their families in from their ally country Saudi Arabia. Those max gun laws may backfire.
Obviously not gonna happen. But I would not allow a fucking penny of federal funds to these two dick-tater states when hurricanes trash them this season. They insist on being their own little countries, with pure hate of our federal government and laws, fuck em, cut em lose.
Scalded Nun
(1,236 posts)Why keep so many federal resources in insurrectionist states?
Cut transportation funding as well. They obviously do not need the money since they have so much to squander on these stunts.
Jughead
(42 posts)Maybe he should offer a free ride out of Florida to his poor residents. Im sure many would like the opportunity to leave his shithole.
Thunderbeast
(3,404 posts)While they have been reliable Republican voters, many of them identify with the plight of their brown-skinned brethren from Venezuela.
This stunt may pay off for Charlie Crist.
Wingus Dingus
(8,052 posts)Edit to add: pull federal money from FL. Hurricanes, immigration, whatever it takes--pull it. Make the people of Florida suffer.
orangecrush
(19,499 posts)Full fucking boycott.
world wide wally
(21,739 posts)Asking for a friend
AZLD4Candidate
(5,658 posts)world wide wally
(21,739 posts)Response to AZLD4Candidate (Reply #18)
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LeftInTX
(25,205 posts)mn9driver
(4,423 posts)When caught red handed in a crime, double down. The Justice system is toothless, or else will fall all over itself to avoid the appearance of political bias, which is just as good.
And if youre running for President they will never touch you.
ificandream
(9,357 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,911 posts)Do it. Challenge the entire U.S. immigration and human trafficking laws.
Do it. Hire a videographer to film your arrest.
Do it. Follow the results as none of your MAGA spawn give a shit.
Do it. Prove to the world you are all hat and no cattle.
twodogsbarking
(9,722 posts)Initech
(100,055 posts)Desantis is a boiling, festering piece of shit, but if we don't start holding the source for this cruel and inhumane act accountable, there's going to be more. So let's go after what's enabling this shit - Fox, megachurches, and talk radio.
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,562 posts)If they are crossing at the US/Mexican border? I don't think your state borders Mexico, does it?
Stuart G
(38,414 posts)mackdaddy
(1,523 posts)Sounds like squandering Florida state resources to fly people from Texas to Florida to the North East.
Initech
(100,055 posts)Desantis did this to score points with conservative talk listeners. We need to start calling out these fuckers for egging on these cruel and inhumane acts. Otherwise, nothing will change. Because he'll keep doing this shit until we start attacking the root source of our problems: conservative media.