DeSantis previewed his migrant trafficking plan to wealthy donors.

[Nevilledog]

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Sawyer Hackett
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Wow. DeSantis previewed his migrant trafficking plan to wealthy donors.

“I do have this [taxpayer] money…Maybe we’ll send [asylum seeking families] to Chicago, Hollywood, Martha’s Vineyard. Who knows?”

washingtonpost.com
DeSantis gave GOP donors a glimpse of plans for migrant flights
The Florida governor told applauding supporters that he might send immigrants "to Chicago, Hollywood, Martha’s Vineyard. Who knows?”
5:25 PM · Sep 15, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/15/desantis-migrants-donors/

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told the Republican Party’s top donors last weekend he was considering transporting migrants to places like Martha’s Vineyard — just days before he secretly started the flights to the Massachusetts island.

“I do have this money. I want to be helpful. Maybe we will go to Texas and help. Maybe we’ll send to Chicago, Hollywood, Martha’s Vineyard. Who knows?” he said to applause in a speech Friday evening at the Four Seasons in Orlando, where hundreds of the party’s top donors gathered to hear him, according to a detailed account by a person in the room.

The account was confirmed by a second person present for the speech. Both spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose details of the private event.

DeSantis sent two planes full of migrants Wednesday to Martha’s Vineyard, a tony island enclave in Massachusetts, where several prominent Democrats, including former president Barack Obama, have homes. This followed similar efforts by the Republican governors of Texas and Arizona to offer migrants free bus rides to more liberal parts of the country.

Flying immigrants from Florida to Martha’s Vineyard is the latest move by DeSantis to seize the national spotlight and solidify his place among conservative supporters.

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What a giant POS.

[Walleye]

1. Media keeps saying he's doing it to protest Biden's border policy. It's a fucking campaign stunt

And maybe if the Republicans quit telling the world that the borders are open, people wouldn’t believe it and come here

[Nevilledog]

2. Seeing he had to go to TX to get these migrants.

[emulatorloo]

3. Yes and he's using ASYLUM SEEKERS as pawns in his sick stunts. Disgusting.

[moondust]

4. And Mexico will pay for it all?

Did he forget that part?

[Mariana]

5. "Flying immigrants from Florida to Martha's Vineyard..."

He didn't fly them from Florida. He flew them from Texas, with Florida taxpayer money.