Ron DeSantis Spent A LOT Of Florida's Money & Hired A Literal SPY To Trick Migrants Into Flying To Martha's Vineyard
04.10.2022 - 01:43
/ perezhilton.com
Every time we hear anything new about Ron DeSantis we’re reminded of the alternate universe that should have been, where his name was a footnote in political comedy history. But instead of being known only for that horribly embarrassing campaign ad where he just kept worshipping Donald Trump, the man actually got elected governor of Florida. Sigh… We live in the worst timeline…
If you were blissfully unaware, the FL Republican recently made headlines for pulling a stunt that was, at best, exploiting poor migrants for political points. At worst, it’s been accused of being flat-out criminal! Here’s the recap:
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1 He Did What?? 2 Taxpayer Money 3 Human Trafficking? 4 Spy Games He Did What??
Basically, DeSantis rounded up 48 Venezuelan asylum seekers in San Antonio, Texas and flew them to the island of Martha’s Vineyard, where he dumped them onto the streets and just left them there for local authorities to deal with. The idea was to drop an issue that happens at the Texas border right on the doorstep of the rich, liberal, coastal elites to see how they like it. *eye roll* Not sure what this even has to do with the governor of Florida, but OK.
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The whole thing kind of backfired as locals — despite having no warning — were able to get the migrants food and shelter before getting them moved to Cape Cod for additional help. DeSantis called the help provided to the migrants “self-congratulatory virtue signaling.” His fellow GOP members at the time applauded his “savvy” move. Man, the party winning the Bible Belt really need Jesus.
In any case, his little stunt left four dozen human beings stranded with no plan. It was a pretty icky move even on its face. But as folks dig