Posted on 09/15/2022 1:44:28 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
15 Sep 20220 On Thursday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Bill Keating (D-MA) reacted to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard by stating that Martha’s Vineyard is “very small” and so there are “absolutely no resources to deal with this.”
Keating said, “That’s part of the cynical nature of this. Martha’s Vineyard is a very small populated island. People commute from the land just to work there because there’s no housing. So, there’s absolutely no resources to deal with this. But fortunately, religious community members and local officials and now state officials are springing into action to deal with it. So, there was no ability to do it here. This wouldn’t have been a destination simply to move them from one state to another. This was clearly just to attract political attention with an island that is known, in the summertime, for its wealthy visitors. But I’ve got to tell you this, that it backfired on him with the response of local officials.”
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The residents of Martha’s Vineyard will put the young men to work winterizing their swimming pools, yachts and manicured lawns. It is a match made in heaven.
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50 people is a joke...
oh....they're not paying people
And there's famous folks like the Obamas and Oprah...no peons allowed.
MV has a big mouth and lots of money. They can deal with 50 illegal aliens.
Someone should tell this idiot that the small towns along the Texas border have populations as small as “Martha’s Vineyard” and even fewer resources...but they are forced to contend with tens of thousands instead of fifty.
“This just means they need at least 10,000 more “migrants” delivered and pronto”
Reverse Cloward-Piven. I like it!
“Candygram.”
Yes, and they should be told that lots more illegal aliens will arrived soon.
Yes, and they should be told that lots more illegal aliens will arrived soon.
Liberal ideas are easy to afford when someone else is paying.
But of course every liberal idea involves someone else paying.
He’s making excuses instead of proving how compassionate he and others say liberals truly are.
Martha’s Vineyard is small but exceeding wealthy. Pocket change for all of them to get together to collectively build Sec. 8 or HUD housing on MV.
Martha’s Vineyard residents have had signs out saying they welcome migrants.
Here’s their chance to prove it.
Like border towns are not small? Should ship them 1000s, daily, like Del Rio gets.
DeSantis for the win... like he could GAS that some "local officials" got mad.
Send some thousands more - except screen for ganglanders who'll trash their city and sell their kids fentanyl.
“very small” and so there are “absolutely no resources to deal with this.”
Yeah but the countless little towns along the southern border do right?
A lot of places are in the same boat, but they are near the
border.
So too _ bad. Deal with it NIMBY grads!
Martha Vineyard doesn’t have alot of resources. Not like the rest of us taxpayers.
Well, just build some 40 story tall housing developments with relatively small footprints.
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