Wait, so DeSantis is paying big money to fly TEXAS migrants to Martha's Vinyard?

So this confirms to me that this is all a show, because apparently Florida did not have 50 of their own migrants to send. So, all this whining from Florida about people seeking asylum is a load of crap. DeSantis and right wing media are manufacturing a problem to get people all whipped up .

If I was a Florida tax payer, I would be quite pissed off.

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BohemianBabe · M

He actually did a fantastic job showing how overblown this whole "migrant crisis" thing was. In order to make it seem like a crisis, he rounded up migrants throughout his entire state in order to pour them all into an island. But even then, he couldn't find enough, so he needed to get migrants from Texas too.

trollslayer · 46-50, M

@BohemianBabe I have lived in a border state for almost 40 years. I don't see where there is anything that has changed over those 40 years

BohemianBabe · M

@trollslayer Yeah, our immigration system has been pretty much the same, regardless of who has been president.

trollslayer · 46-50, M

@BohemianBabe exactly. And the vast majority of migrants are not running across the border in the middle of the desert. The wall is another political stunt. Tons of money that does very little to solve the problem.

AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M

@BohemianBabe very successful PR stunt that has the entire nation talking about it IMO.

Strictgram · 70-79, C

@BohemianBabe False! Trump had the border well in hand.

Pitchblue

@trollslayer The Wall was about the contracts not about illegal immigrants. Republican friends ran away with billions in contracts for wall construction. Some wall panels were left piled up to rot. In areas they were installed they fell over. Makes no difference now. The companies got paid already.

BohemianBabe · M

@Strictgram Sure, he was just waiting a few years to start building it, eh?

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@BohemianBabe

BohemianBabe · M

@sunsporter1649 Random, but okay.

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@BohemianBabe

BohemianBabe · M

@sunsporter1649 Was that after the 1/6 insurrection?

ElwoodBlues · M

@BohemianBabe Sporty is changing the subject. He does that a lot, especially when "his side" is losing a debate.

BohemianBabe · M

@ElwoodBlues I don't even know what point he's trying to deflect to.