Posted on 09/17/2022 1:36:18 AM PDT by John Semmens
Panic and outrage were the responses from Democrats after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) arranged to have 50 willing illegal migrants flown to the posh vacation playground of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
President Biden said "the transportation of these helpless victims so far away from their homes is simply wrong. It's un-American. It's reckless."
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif) called DeSantis "soulless. Martha's Vineyard is a place of refuge for this country's elite. Former President Obama has property there. Spike Lee, David Letterman, and Carly Simon all own houses on the island. Hell, it's the place where Sen. Ted Kennedy narrowly escaped drowning in an auto crash in 1969. It's sacred ground. To have it defiled this way is sick."
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused DeSantis of "human trafficking. DeSantis may think that it's okay because the people he flew to Martha's Vineyard were people who the President had previously ordered bused to Florida from Texas. Well, the President has an absolute right to send anyone to any place in the United States. Governors do not have this same right."
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif) demanded that DeSantis "be prosecuted for kidnapping. Putting these people on planes and buses, taking them to other states and dropping them off without prior consultation with local authorities is heinous. The full weight of the law has to be brought down on him, Gov. Abbott (R-Tex), and Gov. Ducey (R-Ariz) for committing these criminal acts."
Documentary filmmaker and Democrat donor Ken Burns beclowned himself by likening the transport of these migrants to Martha's Vineyard to "the death trains Nazis deployed to exterminate the Jews. It's another crime against democracy by the right-wing extremists who infest the Republican Party." Note: none of those transported to the area by DeSantis were shot, gassed, cremated, or buried in mass graves.
Rep. Bill Keating (D-Mass) complained that the wealthy Martha's Vineyard community "has absolutely no resources to deal with this. They don't deserve this. These people should be sent back to Florida where they belong."
West Tisbury Town Administrator Jennifer Rand reported that "the residents are furious that their community has been subjected to the indignity of being invaded by this horde of unwanted intruders. I mean, we welcome immigrants to our country, just not here. Fortunately, Gov. Baker (R) has sent buses to take them away to the Joint Base Cape Cod where they can be processed for possible deportation to Mexico."
DeSantis defended his action, saying "the Democrat Administration has refused to defend our country's southern border. They have allowed millions of immigrants to illegally enter our country since Biden took office. They say these 'newcomers' should be welcomed to America. They are flying and busing them around the nation and just dropping them off in cities without alerting local authorities. I noticed that Martha's Vineyard had not had the opportunity to experience this phenomenon. So, I gave them a small taste of what's going on elsewhere."
In related news, Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-Ill) has called up 75 members of the Illinois National Guard "to help protect the 500 migrants who have arrived here on buses chartered by the Texas governor from being attacked by the MAGA enemies of our democracy. He is acting without regard to the fear and anguish he is creating for the refugees and the local governments hit by this tidal wave of unexpected arrivals. This effort to sow the seeds of chaos is, as the President says, un-American. It must be stopped."
If you missed any of the other Semi-News/Semi-Satire posts you can find them at...
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/332311-2022-09-17-semi-news-semi-satire-september-18-2022-edition.htm
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Lefties #busted all mouth no trousers all hat no cattle frauds
Biden will claim that the illegals (5 million) are replacing Americans who have died from Covid (1 million) which will help the labor unions!!!!
The left are going to need a more private island going forward.
And ... where is the satire?
This reads like a CNN Airport newscast.
It’s weird how quickly the RATS were able to put out that dumpster fire.
Democrats are are hypocrites. It’s OK when they bus people but not OK when some ody else does it.
Delicious John!
Thank you.
New Name for MV-—— “Hypocrites Island”.
Like Atlas Shrugged, you’ve moved from fiction to nonfiction...lol.
Ayn Rand was the visionary who predicted the insanity we see today. Since she is no longer with us I’m trying to fill part of the gap.
Keep up the great work, FRiend.
Love love love it.
I can only imagine the hate filled vitriol spoken behind closed doors.
“This reads like a CNN Airport newscast.”
It’s very close to what I heard on NPR this morning.
I might have missed it but I don’t think NPR even mentioned that the National Guard had them off the Island in less than 48 hours.
NBC Deletes Tweet Comparing Martha’s Vineyard Migrants to ‘Trash’
2:17
NBC News quoted a member of a foundation that assists refugees who compared the migrants who landed in Martha’s Vineyard this week to “trash” in a since-deleted tweet.
The corporate media outlet posted an article about how the migrants, who are primarily Venezuelan, are dividing the Venezuelan-American community.
“Florida Gov. DeSantis sending asylum-seekers to Martha’s Vineyard is like ‘me taking my trash out and just driving to different areas where I live and just throwing my trash there,’ a founding member of a foundation that helps refugees says,” the tweet said.
NBC News just deleted this article on Twitter in which they compare migrants to “trash” pic.twitter.com/4zk8D7ktsb
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) September 16, 2022
The quote came from Max Lefeld, a Venezuelan-American advertising executive who spoke candidly about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) decision to send the migrants to the “sanctuary destination” of Martha’s Vineyard.
However, NBC deleted the tweet after facing backlash on Twitter.
“Didn’t think that one through, did ya?” Breitbart News’s Kristina Wong tweeted after the outlet deleted its tweet.
Just yikes… pic.twitter.com/nYRjSlSG2u
— Kristina Wong 🇺🇸 (@kristina_wong) September 16, 2022
“After realizing this tweet made their political allies look horrific, NBC News deleted it,” Mollie Hemingway tweeted.
Although the tweet comparing migrants to trash was deleted, the quote remains prominently featured in the article’s second paragraph.
“No worries. Quote and story are still there,” Stephen L. Miller pointed out.
No worries. Quote and story are still there. https://t.co/1NCXkaXVG0 pic.twitter.com/XFv7VZTRgg
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 16, 2022
NBC’s story on the migrants’ impact on the Venezuelan-American community came after DeSantis sent 50 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard earlier in the week.
“States like Massachusetts, New York and California will better facilitate the care of these individuals who they have invited into our country by incentivizing illegal immigration through their designation as ‘sanctuary states’ and support for the Biden administration’s open border policies,” Desantis’s communications director Taryn Fenske told Fox News on Wednesday.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify that NBC News was quoting a member of a foundation that assists refugees.
Jordan Dixon-Hamilton is a reporter for Breitbart News. Write to him at jdixonhamilton@breitbart.com or follow him on Twitter.
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