DeSantis Tries, Fails, to Prove Liberals Hate Migrants Too

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“DeSantis, not having a land border with Mexico, had no such pretext. Instead, he had to find immigrants in Texas and, essentially, kidnap them for his own use.”

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DeSantis Tries, Fails, to Prove Liberals Hate Migrants Too
Borrowing a tactic from the White Citizens’ Councils.
12:31 PM · Sep 15, 2022

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/09/desantis-tries-fails-to-prove-liberals-hate-migrants-too.html

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Sunday night, I sat in the ballroom of a Miami resort and watched Florida governor Ron DeSantis tell the crowd about how Texas governor Greg Abbott had been sending busloads of illegal immigrants to Washington, D.C. His envy was undisguised. Stunts like this, which use humans as props for a set piece about owning the libs, are the trademark of his own governing style. (He has done this with ex-felons, splashily arresting 20 and charging them with fraud.) You could almost see the wheels turning in his head.

Last night, DeSantis pulled off the stunt. He lured a couple dozen immigrants onto a pair of planes and flew them to Martha’s Vineyard, where he deposited them onto an unprepared island. He then handed the story to Fox News, a network that has coordinated closely with him and predictably gloated over his latest triumph.

The conceit of Abbott’s stunt is that his state is so overwhelmed with illegal immigrants he needs to send them to the place that is supposedly causing their arrival. DeSantis, not having a land border with Mexico, had no such pretext. Instead, he had to find immigrants in Texas and, essentially, kidnap them for his own use.

To acquire the bait for his stunt, DeSantis apparently deployed staff into Texas to mislead the targets. “The migrants said a woman they identified as ‘Perla’ approached them outside the shelter and lured them into boarding the plane, saying they would be flown to Boston where they could get expedited work papers,” reports NPR.

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[sop]

1. DeSantis Is a POS.

[Walleye]

2. Using his staff for an obvious political stunt. Should be a campaign expenditures

[Docreed2003]

3. Screw that dude and hats off the the fine folks on Martha's Vinyard

People who are entirely brainwashed by the rw media should be able to see this for what it is, a shameful stunt that used humans in desperate circumstances in an attempt to score political points and cred.

[Skittles]

4. DeSantis is DISGUSTING

FUCK these ASSHOLES who call themselves PRO-LIFE yet literally treat human beings like CARGO

[thucythucy]

5. Couldn't the aide "Peres" be charged with,

I don't know, kidnapping? Or illegal imprisonment? Or some kind of fraud? And since the plane crossed state lines, isn't whatever this is a federal offense?

And doesn't the Bible say stuff about welcoming strangers? Ironically, all those southern "Christians" gloating about this will be shown up by what I hope will be a humane response by folks in Massachusetts and DC.

[sop]

6. Shanghaiing?