Reply #35: Help me understand something . . .

[snot]

This post is certainly consistent with what else I've seen about the situation, and I've been watching the situation for some time. But one aspect that's puzzled me is that these displaced people had to go somewhere, and in many cases there had to be discussion with the leaders of those other places in order for it to happen. E.g., I know people were shipped to Houston; I believe others were shipped to Utah and beyond; and I believe many of these destinations were under Repub. control, at least at that time. My question is, why would those leaders have agreed to accept them -- was there a quid pro quo promised, or what?

To me, figuring that out would fill in an important part of the story.