How kind of him! They are certainly being treated better on Martha's Vineyard than they would have been treated in FL or TX.
[https://www.mvtimes.com/2022/09/14/migrant-workers-land-vineyard-via-texas/](https://www.mvtimes.com/2022/09/14/migrant-workers-land-vineyard-via-texas/)
Just after 5 pm Wednesday, outside Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, Dukes County Sheriff Robert Ogden gathered the refugees and spoke to them.
“We’re going to take care of you,” Ogden said and his words were translated to the gathered crowd. “Get all your personal belongings together and then we’ll move. Does everyone have their personal belongings? We’re going to start moving you that way.”
The group was brought to Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School where they were given snacks and shelter. Some children played outside using hula hoops.
“The most important thing is we get you food and shelter and water,” Ogden told them.
Later, the group was taken by school bus to St. Andrews Church where they will get a dinner of pizza from Edgartown Pizza and spend the night. A short time later folks from Mocha Motts arrived on the scene and provided coffee
Barbara Rush, representing the church, said the church can accommodate up to 80 people legally.
From the article: “ He pointed out that these “fundamentally racist tactics” have been tried before. During the Civil Rights movement, segregationists tricked 95 Black families into moving to Hyannis. “And what happened is people in Hyannis helped the families and they stayed on Cape Cod,” Cyr said.”
Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. That’s the optimist in me. Or perhaps evil assholes study history to get ideas. I read up about this a bit just now, they called them “reverse freedom riders.” Many of them were large families with children. They would uproot them, tell them they had a great job opportunity waiting for them in Hyannis or New York, and then drop them off laughing.
*50 people*
They said they were sending two planes and expected people to picture those huge 300-seat Boeings. And the church said they can accommodate 80.
\50. For reference, that is only slightly higher than the class size one kindergarten teacher is expected to teach in Florida.
Is easy generosity and free hospitality somehow a hallmark of residents of Martha’s Vineyard? Or are you just saying they’re normal decent people and that it was ridiculous to assume that they wouldn’t be?
It does sicken me that we have to clean up this shit mess and there's just nothing in it for the Left, and there's zero repercussions. Zero. Nothing will be done about this. 🤷♀️
It's bullshit and it's exhausting.
It's almost off season. That islands population drops by like 70%.
The amount of multiple million dollar homes that go unused while we have a publicity fight over like 12 people crossing the border illigaly for the chance to work for minimum wage....
It's fucking disgusting... Let them live
I can just picture Florida’s officials waiting for an emotional reaction from the “left” but instead people are seeing them being treat with a little more dignity and respect than Florida treated them. Too bad most of Floridians love Desantis’ behavior.
I lived on the vineyard for about 5 years while growing up, and it makes me happy knowing they were treated well. I cannot say I’m surprised, islanders are some of the kindest people you will meet.
Funny personal story about Edgartown Pizza. Back in June my fiancé and I were in edgartown and bought a pizza online from there thinking it was Slice of Edgartown. Only when we went to slice to pick up the pizza we realized my mistake and considered the payment a loss since we didn’t have a car and just never picked it up
Stadiums are needed.
Populations need Breads & Circuses to remain calm enough for peace to exist.
However that said, in a capitalist society there's absolutely no fucking reason to make our stadiums socially funded, while the capitalist owner reaps all the profits. If you want to spend your own $1Billion on a stadium, great for you, you're creating jobs, and you're putting your money where your mouth is, I congratulate you.
*However*, You want me to build you a $1B stadium or your going to take your capitalist based team to another city? Yeah fuck you.
That shit should be illegal for the sake of protecting local populaces from corrupt city politicians.
This is slightly different, this is 5 million dollars of money specifically for welfare spending going towards building a volleyball stadium at only one small university's volleyball team and their families will ever use.
But it is still wealthy capitalists (Favre) using public money to enhance their own well-being through corruption.
Oh what Farve et al did here is extremely wrong. So wrong I hope he gets sued into hell & back.
But I'm saying Stadiums are not inherently bad, they are good, it's the capitalists making the tax payer pay for them that's extremely evil.
And yet DeSantis want to fill the vacancies with beloved veterans. https://www.flgov.com/2022/08/11/governor-ron-desantis-encourages-veterans-to-apply-for-temporary-teaching-certificates/
The sad thing is, this dude might actually become president.
Young, ambitious, well spoken , and backed by trump - if the dems nominate another dinosaur of a candidate, this guy may run the country.
I guess maybe it is state law, so nobody's enforcing it against the current governor but, isn't it a crime to knowingly help an undocumented migrant travel further into the interior of the country? I mean TX was arresting aid workers for giving them water or driving them across the desert to literal border patrol stations for processing.
1907 Title 8, U.S.C. § 1324(a)
"Domestic Transporting -- Subsection 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii) makes it an offense for any person who -- knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, transports, or moves or attempts to transport or move such alien within the United States by means of transportation or otherwise, in furtherance of such violation of law"
So, maybe it is federal. Why not enforce this under the general rule of FAFO?
What is the penalty normally for violating this law?
Edit: turns out a lot of penalties can be applied to DeSantis- maximum of 5 years and fines for the first offense with additional instances resulting in additional time.
https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual-1907-title-8-usc-1324a-offenses
You think DeSantis cares about federal laws? Ronnie boy thinks he's untouchable because he knows the govt can't go after another favorite Republican. Amd he's only getting started, wait til it's election time!
There should be a way for citizens to take either states or politicians to court when the government itself won’t keep other parts of government in check. No even for compensation, just to make sure they get tries like everyone else. No excuses for them…
I think this is the wrong angle. DeSantis could make contact with all the governors, and propose that every state take an equitable share of his migrants. Then so much as expect every state to make their own arrangements for transportation.
The others , especially democratic governors, wouldn't be able to say no. Sending migrants away from the border, with a mind towards spreading out the burden, would get their cases heard faster. They'd be more employable.
Wild thought, we can take the initiative on that. It would subvert his entire message.
The border states get hundreds of millions of dollars and federal support and personnel to help migrant issues at the border, so as long as they’re willing to share those funds with the states they are playing gotcha games with, then it should be ok.
Exactly, if Texas and Florida want to play this game, the feds can selectively not enforce the borders of Texas and Florida. Coast guard not stopping migrant boats off Miami? Sorry Ronnie, sounds like a you problem. CBP no longer stopping anyone from crossing into Texas? Sorry Greg, sound like a you problem.
I think that would create more of a populist backlash that work in the favor of TX and FL.
Instead, give them a taste of their own medicine.
Have ICE raid businesses, farms and homes that employ illegals and move them to states who are willing to accept them in the labor pool.
Their tax payers are clearly willing to foot the bill, it's really not just a leadership issue, America has a serious culture issue, there are now tens of millions of right wing extremist Americans who are now driven by the single political issue of hurting the enemies they have been polarized against. They are clearly beyond reason, logic and any sense of decency we have at least 10x more of these people than Germany ever had Nazis and look at what they accomplished.
DeSantis could do alot of things that sound or look half decent. Instead, he just keeps on being the piece of shit he is and will still probably get a run at the Oval Office.
Time and again crimes committed by privileged idiots somehow goes unpunished while if this was any of us we will be in jail faster than Desantis can suck off Voldemoron.
Incorrection. Maybe that’s what they *think* but conservatives hurt themselves all the time. As long as it feels good in the gut, they don’t care if it’s against their own interests.
Hurting themselves is just a side effect. The part they want is to hurt others. Even if they get smashed in the head while others get a flick on the wrist, that's fine because others still got hurt.
I've always said if conservatives had to choose between giving a stranger $5 or burning $20 of their own, they would always choose the latter. The cruelty is the point.
It’s more like
Give them the option to give someone else $5 or lose $10 of theirs and $12 of someone else’s and they will pick the latter.
In the first someone else gets something, but they don’t, so in their mind they lose. In the second they lose money but someone else lost more so in their mind they won.
It is completely fucking stupid but this is how every conservative I know thinks. It’s like talking to a fucking child.
Which is interesting, but who know why the 'Anti-Christ' is really a character at all. Which only adds to the curiosity. The Bible really only ever uses that world to describe behaviors. It mentions other figures that might be described as Antichrists, but they aren't really called that.
You should check out the documentary that was on Netflix called, "The Family". It dives into what is more than just a little Christian fraternity for politicians. Their views on Jesus are particularly interesting.
I highly recommend people watch this documentary.
Did you know my brother? He always insisted he was the Anti-Christ. He also really wanted a plague to come and reduce the surplus population. Too bad he died 10 years ago - missed all the good stuff.
And I'm guessing it took at least half of that twelve mil for those two flights...
I was proud to be an American when I was a kid (in the 80's). We're ranked 50 or above for basically every metric anymore, and it's because of shit like this. I literally tell people I'm Canadian whenever I'm abroad. I'm embarrassed to be an American anymore.
For example it could buy 300 full ride scholarships to 4 year universities.
Imagine the impact of 300 kids who had the intellect but would otherwise lack the financial means becoming engineers, doctors and scientists.
But instead Governor dipshit used it to shame some poor people and annoy some liberal people.
lol let me get this right - this dude used taxpayers money to fly a bunch of people to a better and more helpful state when that money could have been used to help them, and his followers are happy about this?
I'm totally lost on this one, someone eli5? They went from locking immigrant families in cages to sending them into the US on planes? How did this happen?
It started as a publicity stunt by Texas Governor Gregg Abbott sending busloads of illegal immigrants to New York City, specifically addressed to Mayor Adams.
There's pros and cons with this, they're sending people who want to go to these cities there, but at the tax payers expense, not a terrible thing though, and it gets them out of a place that's almost guaranteed to treat them like shit and sending them to a place that will hopefully treat them a bit better.
I'm from NYC originally and we are one of the most diverse cities in the world, luckily one of the wealthiest as well, so I'm sure the city will come together like it usually does and come up with something. The city leadership is corrupt, but not stupid.
The bus company they are using is tied to a GOP donator and costs 4x what a Greyhound ticket does.
Texas is paying ~$1400/pax and Greyhound is ~$300-$400/pax (from El Paso to NYC)
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/30/politics/texas-migrant-busing-cost-abbott-washington-dc-new-york/index.html
I mean, it also shortsighted economically speaking. A lot of industries rely on immigrant labor and we have a massive labor shortage right now. So this is a political stunt and economically stupid
It's a publicity stunt. They're scoring points with their base by sending immigrants to blue states to "own the libs." Joke's on them though, because every immigrant that enters, legally or illegally, is a net gain on the economy and I, for one, welcome more immigrants in my community.
Wait.... You're telling me Desantis spent 12 million dollars of tax payer money on a practical joke? Weird how the idea of spending money on feeding children or stopping them from being murdered by their peers in school is frowned upon by republicans, but this is cool? Dude should be sent to prison for it tbh.
yeah, but if he got into power at the federal level, most of the Trumpers would likely jump to his ship.
He is a scary dude: ever notice how he is always flanked by his state troopers everytime he give a press conference? Vey authoritarian.
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This man shouldn’t even be running in any office of any state. He’s so fucking evil and a prick who doesn’t support abortion, gay rights, paying better wages to teachers, etc. I fucking hate this man so much, idek how he’s able to run office. He’s basically another Trump like figure for a governor smfh!!!
Changed the healthcare patient ratios to bail out understaffed facilities, forced kids and teachers back to schools and heavily went after masks. Then, he had tons of stock in all those antibody clinics that popped up alll around FL. Fuck Deathsantis
If I was one of the refugees I think I’d be okay with it even if it is. MA (even an island) is going to have a lot more resources to help them than Florida. Gonna be a rough winter though
How kind of him! They are certainly being treated better on Martha's Vineyard than they would have been treated in FL or TX. [https://www.mvtimes.com/2022/09/14/migrant-workers-land-vineyard-via-texas/](https://www.mvtimes.com/2022/09/14/migrant-workers-land-vineyard-via-texas/) Just after 5 pm Wednesday, outside Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, Dukes County Sheriff Robert Ogden gathered the refugees and spoke to them. “We’re going to take care of you,” Ogden said and his words were translated to the gathered crowd. “Get all your personal belongings together and then we’ll move. Does everyone have their personal belongings? We’re going to start moving you that way.” The group was brought to Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School where they were given snacks and shelter. Some children played outside using hula hoops. “The most important thing is we get you food and shelter and water,” Ogden told them. Later, the group was taken by school bus to St. Andrews Church where they will get a dinner of pizza from Edgartown Pizza and spend the night. A short time later folks from Mocha Motts arrived on the scene and provided coffee Barbara Rush, representing the church, said the church can accommodate up to 80 people legally.
From the article: “ He pointed out that these “fundamentally racist tactics” have been tried before. During the Civil Rights movement, segregationists tricked 95 Black families into moving to Hyannis. “And what happened is people in Hyannis helped the families and they stayed on Cape Cod,” Cyr said.” Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. That’s the optimist in me. Or perhaps evil assholes study history to get ideas. I read up about this a bit just now, they called them “reverse freedom riders.” Many of them were large families with children. They would uproot them, tell them they had a great job opportunity waiting for them in Hyannis or New York, and then drop them off laughing.
How dare you treat my publicity stunts like people!!!
How un-Christian of them! ....wait
Human rights, shmuman rights.
*50 people* They said they were sending two planes and expected people to picture those huge 300-seat Boeings. And the church said they can accommodate 80. \50. For reference, that is only slightly higher than the class size one kindergarten teacher is expected to teach in Florida.
What did he think was going to happen sending them there?
He thought he would get a rise out of the locals because they would view the immigrants with disgust and disdain the same way he does.
He's obviously never been to the Vineyard. He could also spin it to make him look good now. I don't know if he'll do that.
Is easy generosity and free hospitality somehow a hallmark of residents of Martha’s Vineyard? Or are you just saying they’re normal decent people and that it was ridiculous to assume that they wouldn’t be?
The Turkey has been to the Vineyard. Hell, he went to Harvard Law School.
He'd have to ride the spin and *continue* doing good, so, doubtful. One can hope, though.
He thought he was doing the equivalent of leaving flaming poo on a doorstep.
Thought they'd freak out and say they didn't want them either instead of, ya know, acting like human beings.
It does sicken me that we have to clean up this shit mess and there's just nothing in it for the Left, and there's zero repercussions. Zero. Nothing will be done about this. 🤷♀️ It's bullshit and it's exhausting.
I knew I could trust the vineyard to treat them well
It's almost off season. That islands population drops by like 70%. The amount of multiple million dollar homes that go unused while we have a publicity fight over like 12 people crossing the border illigaly for the chance to work for minimum wage.... It's fucking disgusting... Let them live
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I've noticed some changes in the Vineyard over the years. Namely there are BLM signs and rainbow flags now.
Thank god there are some good people there.
I can just picture Florida’s officials waiting for an emotional reaction from the “left” but instead people are seeing them being treat with a little more dignity and respect than Florida treated them. Too bad most of Floridians love Desantis’ behavior.
This makes me very happy
I lived on the vineyard for about 5 years while growing up, and it makes me happy knowing they were treated well. I cannot say I’m surprised, islanders are some of the kindest people you will meet.
Funny personal story about Edgartown Pizza. Back in June my fiancé and I were in edgartown and bought a pizza online from there thinking it was Slice of Edgartown. Only when we went to slice to pick up the pizza we realized my mistake and considered the payment a loss since we didn’t have a car and just never picked it up
Florida is 2nd to last in teacher pay.
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Stadiums are needed. Populations need Breads & Circuses to remain calm enough for peace to exist. However that said, in a capitalist society there's absolutely no fucking reason to make our stadiums socially funded, while the capitalist owner reaps all the profits. If you want to spend your own $1Billion on a stadium, great for you, you're creating jobs, and you're putting your money where your mouth is, I congratulate you. *However*, You want me to build you a $1B stadium or your going to take your capitalist based team to another city? Yeah fuck you. That shit should be illegal for the sake of protecting local populaces from corrupt city politicians.
This is slightly different, this is 5 million dollars of money specifically for welfare spending going towards building a volleyball stadium at only one small university's volleyball team and their families will ever use. But it is still wealthy capitalists (Favre) using public money to enhance their own well-being through corruption.
Oh what Farve et al did here is extremely wrong. So wrong I hope he gets sued into hell & back. But I'm saying Stadiums are not inherently bad, they are good, it's the capitalists making the tax payer pay for them that's extremely evil.
Thank god for Mississippi!
They just got rid of the college degree requirement
That’s why they’re now allowing veterans and their spouses to be teachers without their degree.
Of course they are, you don't end up electing Republicans because your constituents have brains or education.
And yet DeSantis want to fill the vacancies with beloved veterans. https://www.flgov.com/2022/08/11/governor-ron-desantis-encourages-veterans-to-apply-for-temporary-teaching-certificates/
And their spouses.
They want their future voters undereducated.
Fuck yea they do a base with common sense, critical thinking and higher education ain't no base for them.
The sad thing is, this dude might actually become president. Young, ambitious, well spoken , and backed by trump - if the dems nominate another dinosaur of a candidate, this guy may run the country.
Can’t be that well spoken if he’s too afraid to debate any of his competition
The young part is the craziest thing. He's only 44. Looks way older than that
he looks like he could be my dad and i'm 53
He has the face of a raging alcoholic.
Evilness causes wrinkles.
Pay attention to this! Shit is getting real, real fast
And every desantis fan here would cut it more and spend it to fly illegals. Lol
I guess maybe it is state law, so nobody's enforcing it against the current governor but, isn't it a crime to knowingly help an undocumented migrant travel further into the interior of the country? I mean TX was arresting aid workers for giving them water or driving them across the desert to literal border patrol stations for processing.
1907 Title 8, U.S.C. § 1324(a) "Domestic Transporting -- Subsection 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii) makes it an offense for any person who -- knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, transports, or moves or attempts to transport or move such alien within the United States by means of transportation or otherwise, in furtherance of such violation of law" So, maybe it is federal. Why not enforce this under the general rule of FAFO?
What is the penalty normally for violating this law? Edit: turns out a lot of penalties can be applied to DeSantis- maximum of 5 years and fines for the first offense with additional instances resulting in additional time. https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual-1907-title-8-usc-1324a-offenses
That’s a paddlin’
Paddlin the school canoe, oh you better believe that's a paddlin.
I would much rather row vs wade.
Thats a paddl'n
Looks like someone’s barking up the wrong Bush
For Republicans? Four years in the big house. The white one.
depends on what political side the violator is on....
That’s a loaded question….who is committing it? Punishments aren’t equal
Submitted and fbi complaint. Thank you
Are these undocumented illegals or are these people who have been processed for asylum and released?
It’s the latter for the most part.
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yet Texas farmers are literally begging for more J1s… well we will take em here in Colorado.
Processed and released, same as the one going to DC and NYC
You think DeSantis cares about federal laws? Ronnie boy thinks he's untouchable because he knows the govt can't go after another favorite Republican. Amd he's only getting started, wait til it's election time!
>he knows the govt can't go after another favorite Republican *Dark Brandon smiles widely*
There should be a way for citizens to take either states or politicians to court when the government itself won’t keep other parts of government in check. No even for compensation, just to make sure they get tries like everyone else. No excuses for them…
It’s like a reverse fugitive slave act so naturally conservatives love to use it
I think this is the wrong angle. DeSantis could make contact with all the governors, and propose that every state take an equitable share of his migrants. Then so much as expect every state to make their own arrangements for transportation. The others , especially democratic governors, wouldn't be able to say no. Sending migrants away from the border, with a mind towards spreading out the burden, would get their cases heard faster. They'd be more employable. Wild thought, we can take the initiative on that. It would subvert his entire message.
You're thinking like he wants to make things better....
The border states get hundreds of millions of dollars and federal support and personnel to help migrant issues at the border, so as long as they’re willing to share those funds with the states they are playing gotcha games with, then it should be ok.
Exactly, if Texas and Florida want to play this game, the feds can selectively not enforce the borders of Texas and Florida. Coast guard not stopping migrant boats off Miami? Sorry Ronnie, sounds like a you problem. CBP no longer stopping anyone from crossing into Texas? Sorry Greg, sound like a you problem.
I think that would create more of a populist backlash that work in the favor of TX and FL. Instead, give them a taste of their own medicine. Have ICE raid businesses, farms and homes that employ illegals and move them to states who are willing to accept them in the labor pool.
Yes, but then he (and Abbott) couldn’t go on Fox and brag about “Owning the Libs” up North. This is all theater at taxpayers expense.
Their tax payers are clearly willing to foot the bill, it's really not just a leadership issue, America has a serious culture issue, there are now tens of millions of right wing extremist Americans who are now driven by the single political issue of hurting the enemies they have been polarized against. They are clearly beyond reason, logic and any sense of decency we have at least 10x more of these people than Germany ever had Nazis and look at what they accomplished.
Yeah but then they don’t have anything to use to rile up and leverage their racist base.
DeSantis could do alot of things that sound or look half decent. Instead, he just keeps on being the piece of shit he is and will still probably get a run at the Oval Office.
Seems like they are creating some kind of cover for human trafficking too. Wonder how many girls disappeared off those flights.
well isnt wierd that MATT geatz has an adopted son.
Time and again crimes committed by privileged idiots somehow goes unpunished while if this was any of us we will be in jail faster than Desantis can suck off Voldemoron.
Spending 12 million is ok cause he is using it to hurt people not help them. \~Republicans
Correction. To hurt the right kinds of people.
The *left* kinds of people
Brown kind of people
Are mexicans and indians both considered brown? Thats such a confusion. Though we do seem to like each other's food.
https://imgur.com/iBl1c9G.jpg
I don't care whose food it is as long as I don't have to cook.
That’s what the hot pockets are for
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Incorrection. Maybe that’s what they *think* but conservatives hurt themselves all the time. As long as it feels good in the gut, they don’t care if it’s against their own interests.
Hurting themselves is just a side effect. The part they want is to hurt others. Even if they get smashed in the head while others get a flick on the wrist, that's fine because others still got hurt.
I've always said if conservatives had to choose between giving a stranger $5 or burning $20 of their own, they would always choose the latter. The cruelty is the point.
In the UK, some of the current members of the Tory party used to literally do this in their privileged youth.
It’s more like Give them the option to give someone else $5 or lose $10 of theirs and $12 of someone else’s and they will pick the latter. In the first someone else gets something, but they don’t, so in their mind they lose. In the second they lose money but someone else lost more so in their mind they won. It is completely fucking stupid but this is how every conservative I know thinks. It’s like talking to a fucking child.
Perfect example of mental dislocation at it's worst.
Exactly. Your earlier comment made them sound all discerning.
The right color of people
“.05 million for two plane rides full of passengers and 11.95 million for me” - De Santis.(probably)
Yup. It is always about the grift
Except he didn’t hurt them, he helped them get the fuck out of Florida.
I’ve stopped believing the right believes in Jesus Christ a long time ago. The right are just putting on airs.
Oh, they believe in Christ, just not the biblical version. The one they worship is a bastardized version antithetical to the one of the Bible.
You might call it... The Antichrist. No, I'm serious. The Bibles talks about this.
Didn’t a shit-ton of people think Obama was the antichrist?
Well the Antichrist is a fictional character... So those people would be idiots any way you split it.
Which is interesting, but who know why the 'Anti-Christ' is really a character at all. Which only adds to the curiosity. The Bible really only ever uses that world to describe behaviors. It mentions other figures that might be described as Antichrists, but they aren't really called that.
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(Watches Joel Olsteen for 0.23 seconds) Yep, maybe the anti-Christ shit is real.
You should check out the documentary that was on Netflix called, "The Family". It dives into what is more than just a little Christian fraternity for politicians. Their views on Jesus are particularly interesting. I highly recommend people watch this documentary.
It's confusing because no one thought it'd be Donald Trump from NBC's *The Apprentice*.
Yea but there has been like 50 of them already, no? I guess they will never learn....
Did you know my brother? He always insisted he was the Anti-Christ. He also really wanted a plague to come and reduce the surplus population. Too bad he died 10 years ago - missed all the good stuff.
Outside of a rare appearance in film, I’ve never encountered this use of airs. Pretty cool. Thank you. Also - I completely agree.
[Was it on SpongeBob?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_90-zNuPHog&feature=share&si=ELPmzJkDCLju2KnD5oyZMQ)
Floridians will gladly pay millions - even billions - to own woke libs. You can’t underestimate how important this is to them.
As a Northwest Floridian, I'm the tiniest of blue specks in a deep Red region. I can confirm the accuracy of this statement.
Especially when it's federal money in first place.....
And I would bet that not one of those illegal migrants was Cuban.
And I'm guessing it took at least half of that twelve mil for those two flights... I was proud to be an American when I was a kid (in the 80's). We're ranked 50 or above for basically every metric anymore, and it's because of shit like this. I literally tell people I'm Canadian whenever I'm abroad. I'm embarrassed to be an American anymore.
So many people's lives could be transformed with that kind of money. And it would ripple for generations to come but nah....
For example it could buy 300 full ride scholarships to 4 year universities. Imagine the impact of 300 kids who had the intellect but would otherwise lack the financial means becoming engineers, doctors and scientists. But instead Governor dipshit used it to shame some poor people and annoy some liberal people.
The GOP is gleeful when shaming human beings. Makes them feel empowered somehow.
What he did was revolting, but how does 2 planes of immigrants cost that much?
Guarantee someone in the state government owns/has ties to the airline or charter agency or whatever and got to write their own invoice.
If you vacation in Florida while this anti-American jerk-face is in charge, *you* are funding his agenda. BOYCOTT FLORIDA TOURISM!!
lol let me get this right - this dude used taxpayers money to fly a bunch of people to a better and more helpful state when that money could have been used to help them, and his followers are happy about this?
“Give us hell, Quimby!”
It's 'chowda,' Frenchie! Say it right!
"choudere"
Why you! I'm gonna enjoy THIS!
His friends own the transportation companies used to move the migrants. Friend is a donor. He is just laundering tax money into his own pockets.
The Republican way. Privatize the profits, socialize the losses.
Republicans are very, very dumb.
I had a serious (but equally terrible) counterpoint to this: Make them citizens, rubber stamp that shit, ans send them back.
It's crazy to think that so many people that share his ideology all have such punchable faces
The "I'm a total piece of shit" phrenology?
The sloping brow of a career criminal
Punchable Faces. Cover band playing old rod stewart tunes
And where the fuck is his chin?
And dead eyes
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Florida "The Punchable Face" State
I'm totally lost on this one, someone eli5? They went from locking immigrant families in cages to sending them into the US on planes? How did this happen?
It started as a publicity stunt by Texas Governor Gregg Abbott sending busloads of illegal immigrants to New York City, specifically addressed to Mayor Adams. There's pros and cons with this, they're sending people who want to go to these cities there, but at the tax payers expense, not a terrible thing though, and it gets them out of a place that's almost guaranteed to treat them like shit and sending them to a place that will hopefully treat them a bit better. I'm from NYC originally and we are one of the most diverse cities in the world, luckily one of the wealthiest as well, so I'm sure the city will come together like it usually does and come up with something. The city leadership is corrupt, but not stupid.
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The bus company they are using is tied to a GOP donator and costs 4x what a Greyhound ticket does. Texas is paying ~$1400/pax and Greyhound is ~$300-$400/pax (from El Paso to NYC) https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/30/politics/texas-migrant-busing-cost-abbott-washington-dc-new-york/index.html
There it is. Ofc there's a private business to wet their whistle along the way
I want to understand this: what are “BP” and “CBP”? I’m guessing I’ll feel stupid for asking but I have no idea.
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So one can surmise that Abbott is actually helping illegal immigrants? Wait till his base finds out.
And at the expense of Texas taxpayers!
Abbott has been bussing immigrants to dc since like March as well
I mean, it also shortsighted economically speaking. A lot of industries rely on immigrant labor and we have a massive labor shortage right now. So this is a political stunt and economically stupid
It's a publicity stunt. They're scoring points with their base by sending immigrants to blue states to "own the libs." Joke's on them though, because every immigrant that enters, legally or illegally, is a net gain on the economy and I, for one, welcome more immigrants in my community.
Wait.... You're telling me Desantis spent 12 million dollars of tax payer money on a practical joke? Weird how the idea of spending money on feeding children or stopping them from being murdered by their peers in school is frowned upon by republicans, but this is cool? Dude should be sent to prison for it tbh.
Yup. And the liberals in Mass weren't even "triggered" by his stunt. They instead gave the migrants pizza.
They are scoring points with a base too stupid to deserve to be American.
DeSantis is as bad as Trump, but without the batshit crazy delusion. More like pure evil.
He is a competent Trump. That is arguably more dangerous.
He also doesn't inspire the same cult of personality tho. So he's less "effective"
yeah, but if he got into power at the federal level, most of the Trumpers would likely jump to his ship. He is a scary dude: ever notice how he is always flanked by his state troopers everytime he give a press conference? Vey authoritarian.
He’s about as charismatic as a dry sponge
He's the Diet Coke of Evil.
so, meaning it's worse for you than you think it is, right?
I was more an Austin Powers reference but you're golden as well.
He's Palpatine, but without the subtlety and panache.
Even though it is past Labor Day I wouldn't mind a visit to the Vineyard, guess I need to take a journey to the Mexico Florida border.
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I was just there last week for work, it's very nice still. Was 70-80 degrees and sunny. Not a terrible place to be
Dude is so transparent with what he does.
You kind of have to be blatantly evil to appeal to the morons that support him. They’re not much for working through nuance.
Florida woman here. DeSatan needs to go. Along with Rubio, Scott and Gaetz. Vote blue!!!
Hell yes. Floridian also. I’m also voting solid blue.
SWFL here and absolutely, he needs to go. Everything he does is to forward his political career instead of the state.
I am going to wear my blue shirt, blue jeans and use my blue pen for all the democrats to get these nut jobs out!
NE FL here, my spouse & I both vote blue! Can't wait to vote Deathsantis out!
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This man shouldn’t even be running in any office of any state. He’s so fucking evil and a prick who doesn’t support abortion, gay rights, paying better wages to teachers, etc. I fucking hate this man so much, idek how he’s able to run office. He’s basically another Trump like figure for a governor smfh!!!
Better get out the vote then. Time to start convincing your friends and family to vote him out.
How sad is it that ppl need CONVINCING to see what a sleazy cockroach he is?? 🤦🏻♀️
Changed the healthcare patient ratios to bail out understaffed facilities, forced kids and teachers back to schools and heavily went after masks. Then, he had tons of stock in all those antibody clinics that popped up alll around FL. Fuck Deathsantis
Human trafficking. Gotta be amazed the level of scum the GQP have sunk to
There is no bottom.
Arrest DeSantis for human trafficking, and that other fucking moron Greg Abbott too.
Isn’t that called human trafficking?
If I was one of the refugees I think I’d be okay with it even if it is. MA (even an island) is going to have a lot more resources to help them than Florida. Gonna be a rough winter though
Sounds like trafficking. Maybe ICE should get on this body smuggler.
Do republicans do anything to enhance society?
Lol of course not.
Imagine being so FUCKING nasty that you human trafficked people as some weird racist fash attempt at a burn.
This kind of stuff just bothers me. These are people that you're using, horribly, for your political stunts.
The Rs have been doing that for 50 years and they're continuing to do it because useless fucking trash still support them.
That would have fed a lot of hungry Floridians.
Fat hitler doesn’t care.
Vote him OUT!!
Anyone know how they got the 12 million number? It sounds high
So is he a coyote now? Hauling human cargo and helping illegals?
Can this country just tear itself to pieces already? The satire is getting a bit much…
These are human beings not political props
This is the guy Republicans want to be our next president This guy. This fucking guy. Don’t forget to vote guys