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The DeSantis gang fraudulently filled out official immigration paperwork for these migrants *Twitter (Original Post) In It to Win It Sep 2022 OP
Fake electors and now fake asylum papers. How low will they go? nt Samrob Sep 2022 #1
How far will they go? Probably some Club Fed. I doubt they will make Levenworth. 3Hotdogs Sep 2022 #25
Throw them all in GITMO and sort it out once we have all the facts. TigressDem Sep 2022 #48
For decades I've been saying that the bottom of the barrel for Rethuglicans is OMGWTF Sep 2022 #26
As low as law enforcement allows them, its not popular here but if Death Sentence was arrested right uponit7771 Sep 2022 #29
"acting unlawfully because of lack of law enforcement ... for them." BINGO! BComplex Sep 2022 #51
Trump, Abbott and DeSantis are making the best case for vigilante justice DemocraticPatriot Sep 2022 #63
From your lips to God's ears. BComplex Sep 2022 #64
+1, "they will only continue to escalate." I remember Maddow's podcast on Spiro Agnew and the uponit7771 Sep 2022 #65
With a fake church egging them on? icymist Sep 2022 #38
This ass DeSantis is extremely dangerous. n/t RKP5637 Sep 2022 #2
He is likely above the law Zilli Sep 2022 #15
Yeah, sadly most likely. n/t RKP5637 Sep 2022 #16
If Democrats don't jump on DeSatan's criminal ass for this, we might as well Wingus Dingus Sep 2022 #3
Way back the old democrats used to kick ass and it was loud and did not take any RKP5637 Sep 2022 #17
I think it's a mistake for Dem officials to give the reactions these dickheads are seeking-- Wingus Dingus Sep 2022 #21
Yes, I think that's a good approach. Like in dealing with bullies and obnoxious RKP5637 Sep 2022 #30
Yes and no. I mean, "DEMS LIVID" can go, but I really would like a lot of attention on... JHB Sep 2022 #33
+1 CrispyQ Sep 2022 #37
Rachel Self is on fire! Top notch immigration lawyer underpants Sep 2022 #4
I hope they roast the people who set this up and/or carried it out. patphil Sep 2022 #10
Civil suits too I'd expect underpants Sep 2022 #14
This is fraud LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #5
Looks like Homeland Security is deeply implicated. enough Sep 2022 #6
I heard dod were the ones lying on paperwork questionseverything Sep 2022 #11
DeSantis will be shocked if some inconsequential underling did something illegal. Chainfire Sep 2022 #7
The stunt was bad enough. Gore1FL Sep 2022 #8
Tragedy is comedy to them. underpants Sep 2022 #19
Kick dalton99a Sep 2022 #9
Can Biden grant them citizenship? That's what should happen. Meadowoak Sep 2022 #12
They haven't even appeared for asylum hearings yet. MichMan Sep 2022 #27
It would be cool if they all got a special hearing and were granted citizenship! LeftInTX Sep 2022 #54
Unconscionable dickthegrouch Sep 2022 #13
These DeSantis folks need to be visited by the law. riversedge Sep 2022 #18
And 3 Christmas Spirits. Mad_Machine76 Sep 2022 #42
OMG - That's a ready made RANDY RAINBOW SHOW!!! TigressDem Sep 2022 #50
+1 Mad_Machine76 Sep 2022 #55
I sent the suggestion to Randy Rainbow. TigressDem Sep 2022 #57
Cool! Mad_Machine76 Sep 2022 #61
Definately! TigressDem Sep 2022 #62
Hope the immigration court judges treestar Sep 2022 #20
K & R...nt Wounded Bear Sep 2022 #22
We seem to be a nation with no laws. Jakes Progress Sep 2022 #23
But only when you're a Repug bigwig peppertree Sep 2022 #24
When laws are not equally applied, they cease to be law. They are whim. Jakes Progress Sep 2022 #44
Exactly. No other way to look at it. peppertree Sep 2022 #46
Kick & recommend for visibility bronxiteforever Sep 2022 #28
She's saying federal employees helped in this fraudulent behavior Bucky Sep 2022 #31
Biden should tell Myorkss and the Deminpenn Sep 2022 #52
Who knows? The migrants were lured by a women named Perla & taken to a La Quinta LeftInTX Sep 2022 #56
Fucking Idiots.. no wonder I call Cha Sep 2022 #32
It's hard to imagine someone worse than tRump Blue Owl Sep 2022 #39
Death Sentence and God just missed killing me Abbott need to be clapped in irons. GreenWave Sep 2022 #34
This was agents of the Biden administrations CBP that provided false addresses, NOT kelly1mm Sep 2022 #35
Why do they think Desantis is their boss? Captain Zero Sep 2022 #41
I'm confused...There were many opportunities for fraud LeftInTX Sep 2022 #60
Lock 'em up! NT Mopar151 Sep 2022 #36
The world would wake up kinder on Saturday morning if DeSantis died in his sleep tonight. Efilroft Sul Sep 2022 #40
K&R brer cat Sep 2022 #43
FORMER President Trump taught the R's that they are above the law and that their base will artemisia1 Sep 2022 #45
Hitler did stuff like that. Turbineguy Sep 2022 #47
Another useless maneuver lambchopp59 Sep 2022 #49
Why hasn't the FBI arrested DeMantis on kidnapping charges? if..fish..had..wings Sep 2022 #53
I want to see DeSatan and his gang busted. sakabatou Sep 2022 #58
The GOP: The Scofflaw Party Martin68 Sep 2022 #59

3Hotdogs

(12,358 posts)
25. How far will they go? Probably some Club Fed. I doubt they will make Levenworth.
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 06:22 PM
Sep 2022

But as this story evolves, more and more potential criminal charges come to light.

TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
48. Throw them all in GITMO and sort it out once we have all the facts.
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 02:08 PM
Sep 2022

Bunch of traitors breaking the law.

Suspicion of treason is a good enough reason to make them sit in a cell and search all their stuff to see what more we DON'T know about their crazy plot to take the country away from the voters and give it to the MAGA crew.

OMGWTF

(3,949 posts)
26. For decades I've been saying that the bottom of the barrel for Rethuglicans is
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 06:22 PM
Sep 2022

through the molten Earth and out the other side.

uponit7771

(90,323 posts)
29. As low as law enforcement allows them, its not popular here but if Death Sentence was arrested right
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 06:28 PM
Sep 2022

... now for doing this shit after founding out he was directly involved then other wouldn't do it.

Abbot and DeathSentece are acting unlawfully because of lack of law enforcement ... for them.

BComplex

(8,029 posts)
51. "acting unlawfully because of lack of law enforcement ... for them." BINGO!
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 02:49 PM
Sep 2022

Until the Justice Department starts making examples of these criminals, instead of letting them thumb their noses at our system of laws, they will only continue to escalate.

THIS NEEDS TO STOP.

NO MORE TWO SYSTEMS OF JUSTICE IN THIS COUNTRY!!!!

DemocraticPatriot

(4,336 posts)
63. Trump, Abbott and DeSantis are making the best case for vigilante justice
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 06:44 PM
Sep 2022

Last edited Sat Sep 17, 2022, 08:49 PM - Edit history (1)

to have been made in more than 100 years...


If law enforcement fails to take action, maybe someone else will.


BComplex

(8,029 posts)
64. From your lips to God's ears.
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 06:49 PM
Sep 2022

Democrats/liberals/moderates are patient people for the most part. We all have our limits. And, though we don't make a whole shitload of noise about it, we're a far more patriotic bunch than the ones who hate our government.

uponit7771

(90,323 posts)
65. +1, "they will only continue to escalate." I remember Maddow's podcast on Spiro Agnew and the
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 10:52 PM
Sep 2022

... fact the VP of the US went to damn jail on simple bribery charges.

That case was less clear cut that Benedict Donald claiming he fired Comey for investigating him on video.

Now the DOJ is erroring on the side of not going hard after MAGA and that's after they planned and tried to execute J6.

I stop myself from thinking what would the DOJ do if MAGA and J6 were 99% south Asian for instance, justice should be ... more blinder.

Zilli

(184 posts)
15. He is likely above the law
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 05:40 PM
Sep 2022

Just like trump. There will be no consequences and the rethuglican crime wave will continue unabated.

Wingus Dingus

(8,052 posts)
3. If Democrats don't jump on DeSatan's criminal ass for this, we might as well
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 04:25 PM
Sep 2022

give up as a party. Unbelievable.

Wingus Dingus

(8,052 posts)
21. I think it's a mistake for Dem officials to give the reactions these dickheads are seeking--
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 05:50 PM
Sep 2022

"DEMS LIVID AT MIGRANT STUNT!" just rewards them. Quietly handle the situation with competence and decency, and then open investigations intended to punch them where it hurts--funding and fraud. Take away federal funding, investigate these flights.

RKP5637

(67,101 posts)
30. Yes, I think that's a good approach. Like in dealing with bullies and obnoxious
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 06:31 PM
Sep 2022

people that say outrageous things to one, they need gratification through a reaction from the one being targeted so they can get their jollies off. Saying nothing takes that joy away from them. So, as you say, " Quietly handle the situation with competence and decency, and then open investigations intended to punch them where it hurts--funding and fraud."

JHB

(37,158 posts)
33. Yes and no. I mean, "DEMS LIVID" can go, but I really would like a lot of attention on...
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 07:00 PM
Sep 2022

...the "REPUBLICANS FORGE DOCUMENTS" part.

CrispyQ

(36,437 posts)
37. +1
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 07:14 PM
Sep 2022

Abbott, ,too. Also, they will continue to do it. Maybe not on such a big scale, but it won't stop unless these two are held accountable. Almost every day the Republican Party disgusts me more.

patphil

(6,158 posts)
10. I hope they roast the people who set this up and/or carried it out.
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 05:27 PM
Sep 2022

We're talking several criminal actions here.
And there's some people at DHS who have some explaining to do.

Chainfire

(17,519 posts)
7. DeSantis will be shocked if some inconsequential underling did something illegal.
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 04:46 PM
Sep 2022

If justice comes to DeSantis it will have to be from outside of Florida. He has this state firmly in his grip.

Gore1FL

(21,117 posts)
8. The stunt was bad enough.
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 04:48 PM
Sep 2022

As I hear more and more, I am simply dumbfounded by both the depth of it all and that they thought any of this was a good idea.

They wanted to give their base a laugh moment, but instead of comedy, they went straight for tragedy. And tragically, that managed a laugh from some of them.

I hope outrage builds over this.

LeftInTX

(25,201 posts)
54. It would be cool if they all got a special hearing and were granted citizenship!
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 03:31 PM
Sep 2022

Like on Monday...
Heads would explode!

dickthegrouch

(3,172 posts)
13. Unconscionable
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 05:38 PM
Sep 2022

Everyone involved in this who didn’t alert it as an ethics violation should go to jail as an accomplice.

TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
50. OMG - That's a ready made RANDY RAINBOW SHOW!!!
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 02:27 PM
Sep 2022

Abbott and DeSatan go out to celebrate their huge con and wind up so drunk and disorderly that they are in a drunk tank overnight.

John McCain's ghost with play the Marley role

Lincoln can play the ghost of Christmas Past - how we got here to this horrible situation

Christmas Present can show them a productive meeting of the "Problem Solver Caucus" presenting Bi-Partisan solutions
https://problemsolverscaucus.house.gov/

Colin Powell can be the ghost of Christmas Future telling them to ship up or wind up facing consequences for their heinous actions and being remembered as evil men who failed anyway.

TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
57. I sent the suggestion to Randy Rainbow.
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 03:50 PM
Sep 2022

He has a form, what song do you want me to parody?

The Musical Scroodge and I put in the suggestions.

We will see.


LOL

treestar

(82,383 posts)
20. Hope the immigration court judges
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 05:50 PM
Sep 2022

won't go along with this travesty when informed their client was flown to MV. They may also be able to appear by phone, as many courts have started that due to COVID.

peppertree

(21,615 posts)
46. Exactly. No other way to look at it.
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 12:53 PM
Sep 2022

The Repug vision: A 3rd world-style judiciary, made up of inquisitions and kangaroo courts for some - and golf course justice for others (Mulligans and all).

Aileen "where's my Mercedes?" fits perfectly in that mold.

Bucky

(53,986 posts)
31. She's saying federal employees helped in this fraudulent behavior
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 06:39 PM
Sep 2022

Any immigration officials do filled out those false addresses needs to be fired and prosecuted. Any state officials in Florida who directed federal employees the falsified public records need to be prosecuted.

Deminpenn

(15,273 posts)
52. Biden should tell Myorkss and the
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 02:56 PM
Sep 2022

Cabinet secretaries of any other involved agencies they need to clean up these agencies pronto.

Most of the heat should be on Mayorkas who seems to have done little to nothing to rein in CBP and ICE.

LeftInTX

(25,201 posts)
56. Who knows? The migrants were lured by a women named Perla & taken to a La Quinta
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 03:40 PM
Sep 2022

The migrants stayed at the La Quinta for several days.
Perla hung out across the street from the migrant center.

Perla is described as blonde, spoke Spanish, but not fluent. She had a Del Rio phone number.

I'm a little skeptical that it was a federal employee. I think there is potential for fraud all over the place.

I don't think documents need to be checked to board a plane at Kelly. Manifests are not required to be submitted like they do at regular airports.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/09/16/retracing-migrant-path-perla-ebof-flores-sot-vpx.cnn

LeftInTX

(25,201 posts)
60. I'm confused...There were many opportunities for fraud
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 05:17 PM
Sep 2022

Migrants were at the Migrant Center in San Antonio. (They were there legally etc..Everything going as usual)

A women named "Perla" lured them
The migrants were housed in a La Quinta motel for up to five days.

I don't know how passengers are checked at Kelly Field because it isn't a regular airport. There are no airlines and all passenger flights are private charters, public charters (govt charters) or military flights.


All private flights at the airport are serviced by the base’s operator, Atlantic Aviation. The Plano-based company, which has more than a hundred locations across North America, goes beyond refueling and can help with travel arrangements, according to its website. It’s unclear what role it played in the flights. The company said in a statement that “as with every flight from public, private or government sectors, we maintain no knowledge of an individual flight’s purpose, nor do we intervene with any flight’s operation.https://sanantonioreport.org/kelly-field-san-antonio-ron-desantis-migrants-flight-marthas-vineyard/

artemisia1

(756 posts)
45. FORMER President Trump taught the R's that they are above the law and that their base will
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 12:37 PM
Sep 2022

support them no matter what. Unfortunately, they appear to be right...

lambchopp59

(2,809 posts)
49. Another useless maneuver
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 02:17 PM
Sep 2022

Has it occurred to DeSatan, Abbott and ilk that politicians historically proposed and enacted legislation and actions aimed at problem solving? Much of the strictly "moral" actions had been left in a dark past with prohibition repeal, and of course religious influences were kept in check until Rsygun Era "Moral Majority" started their leveraging.
Even the veneer of MAGA suggests a return to some idealized moral order, of course led by hetero, WASP males.
Between the book burning bullshit and this wrecklessly dumb maneuver, the question burns "What does this accomplish?"

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