Fascinating. I suspect Republicans will welcome this fight. "Progressives" have been throwing tantrums as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott busses illegal immigrants to supposedly proud sanctuary cities in recent months, but this? This goes too far. A Republican governor they despise even more, Ron DeSantis, has now sent a few dozen unlawful migrants to Martha's Vineyard. Is nothing sacred? The resulting meltdown has been as incoherent as ever, but it's growing more shrill and indignant. Vile! Repulsive! Inhumane! But why, precisely, is it any of those things? Because "political pawns," or something. What they know for certain is that they're furious, and that Republicans are the villains. They just don't want anyone, including themselves, to think too hard about why. Leftist officials from coast to coast have decided that the Department of Justice must intervene, for...well, they're not entirely sure, but reasons:
What @GovRonDeSantis and @GregAbbott_TX are doing isn’t clever, it’s cruel.
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 15, 2022
I’m formally requesting the DOJ begin an immediate investigation into these inhumane efforts to use kids as political pawns. pic.twitter.com/x2sBa06nSw
NEWS
— Yashar Ali ?? (@yashar) September 15, 2022
The US Attorney of Massachusetts says she is consulting with the Department of Justice on Governor DeSantis flying in migrants/refugees into Martha's Vineyard.
She says she is looking for guidance from the DOJ on what next steps might be.
It's truly amazing to see Democrats -- who've been collectively silent on the historic, cruel, dangerous, unsustainable border crisis ever since they got agitated over the CBP 'whipping' smear -- deciding that moving illegal immigrants from place to place is dangerous, authoritarian fascism. Or even "kidnapping," per Newsom's moronic letter. It's clear the man want to be president, but is that the best 'own the cons' stunt he can manage here? And did we miss a second page of his letter offering to resolve the problem by welcoming all of these migrants into the sanctuary state of California? No? Is Massachusetts interested, as Sen. Warren suggests? The Biden administration has been doing this endlessly, including flights into non-sanctuary jurisdictions in the dead of night. We've heard nothing about that from these people, just like we've heard nothing about the 'kids in cages' and other alleged moral abominations, now that there isn't a Republican administration against which to preen, earning Resistance approbation.
It's also truly amazing to see Democrats appealing to...sovereignty and the rule of law, particularly on this issue. The irony is exquisite. They're too consumed with seething flop sweat to realize it. They support the policies that have caused this crisis. They reject the policies that would significantly mitigate it. Yet when a tiny fraction of the resulting consequences are visited upon them, they're enraged. They are ridiculous, unserious people whose fake outrage over this situation is pure misdirection and deflection. Spare me:
Not a peep about the raging border crisis — with its cartel-enriching chaos & death, directly incentivized by their policies — until Bad Greg & Bad Ron send a handful of the illegal migrants to their deep blue enclaves. Then the morality howling begins. Ridiculous, but revealing.
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) September 15, 2022
“Progressives” haven’t paid this much attention to the border crisis since they had “whipping” border agents to falsely smear!
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) September 15, 2022
In ?? this ?? house ?? we ?? believe ?? no ?? human ?? is ?? illegal ?? but ?? stay ?? the ?? hell ?? away ?? from ?? here ?? #compassion
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) September 15, 2022
Deep down, these people know that this aggressive, correct messaging from DeSantis is more or less bullet proof logically -- and very potent politically. They can't beat this on substance, so they're reaching into their usual bag of epithets, out of impotent rage. I'd put this up against Newsom's empty, hypocritical idiocy every day of the week:
DESANTIS: "All those people in DC, in New York were beating their chests when Trump was president, saying they were so proud to be sanctuary jurisdictions...they all of a sudden go berserk and they're so upset that this is happening...Their virtue signaling is a fraud." pic.twitter.com/k9zUjcKxWz
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 15, 2022
Some denizens of Martha's Vineyard have kindly pitched in to help the small number of illegal immigrants flown to their island. I can't imagine the hospitality will last long, especially if more continue to arrive:
AMAZING
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) September 15, 2022
"At some point in time they have to move from here to somewhere else. We don't have the services to take care of 50 immigrants, and we certainly don't have housing. https://t.co/yZLhv5wYid
Oh, I'm sorry, is the arrival of a small number of unlawful entrants a strain on your community? So much so that they're calling in the national guard in Illinois and DC? Imagine that. Are those strains to be borne by small, overrun, overwhelmed border communities exclusively, while compassionate leftists avert their eyes from a safe distance? That appears to be their preferred arrangement. And if there's a housing shortage on the Vineyard, per this woman, I can think of some very enlightened part-time residents who seem to have plenty of space to share. How 'bout it? Meanwhile, this is not an exaggeration. I still cannot believe how successful Abbott's 'stunt' has been:
border states: there's a crisis at the border
— Logan Dobson (@LoganDobson) September 15, 2022
blue state politicians: no there isn't :)
border states: help
blue state politicians: no :)
border states: ok we're going to send some of these folks your way
blue state politicians: this is a national emergency, you fascists
Biden could fix this tomorrow by re-instituting successful border control policies and getting serious about enforcement. He won't, entirely for political reasons. That is 100 percent on him and his party, and zero percent on Republican leaders exporting the fallout to areas that support his agenda. I'll leave you with these clips posted by our social media team. I can't decide which one is better:
REPORTER: "Does the White House stand by those comments that the border is secure?"
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 15, 2022
KJP: uhhhhhhh pic.twitter.com/uDAducIxKd
Kamala Harris on Sunday:
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 15, 2022
"The border is secure."
Illegal immigrant outside of Kamala Harris' residence this morning:
"It's open, not closed. The border is open...Everybody believes that the border is open. It's open because we enter. We come in. Free!" pic.twitter.com/jLghLxPSTa
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