- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stated that the Texas migrants he sent Martha’s Vineyard to were “the jackpot.”
- He continued to state that liberal sanctuaries don’t always feel as welcoming as they claim.
- “This crisis is. “It’s now getting some more attention,” DeSantis stated Sunday.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida Governor, gave himself a slap on the back Sunday Send 50 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard
During a speech at the Unite and Win Rally in Wisconsin for Republican candidates, DeSantis said each of the Venezuelan and Columbian migrants who he referred to repeatedly as “illegals and illegal aliens” had “hit the jackpot to be in the wealthiest sanctuary jurisdiction in the world.”
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said on Friday that the migrants — who DeSantis flew from Texas, not his own state of Florida which has its own issues — Would be able to move voluntarilyAccess to shelter and humanitarian assistance at a Cape Cod military base
Although Martha’s Vineyard residents moved, Rapidly To help you when the news brokeDeSantis claimed that liberal sanctuaries don’t feel as welcoming as they claim to be.
“We’re talking about 50 people. Did they hire them? Did they help them get started? DeSantis stated that they did not. He claimed that liberal support for migrants was “just self-congratulatory virtue signals.”
A Shelters for the homelessThe vineyard stated on Friday that it did not have the bandwidth or the ability to handle the dozens of migrants.
“This is an emergency shelter — we’re not long-term care,” Lisa Belcastro, the coordinator of the Harbor Homes winter shelter said before the migrants were offered shelter at a military base in Cape Cod.
According to the Republican governor, he intends to continue sending migrants from elsewhere with “Every penny Available in the Budget “Freedom First”: $12 millionAllocated to Florida Department of Transportation’s efforts To “transport unauthorized aliens.”
Similar fashionTexas Governor. Greg Abbott sent eight migrants and another group to Sacramento, California. Kamala Harris, Vice President, lives in Washington, DCSaturday
“This crisis is. “It’s now getting some more attention,” DeSantis stated Sunday.
Insider asked DeSantis for comment but she did not respond immediately.
