Opinion from LaurieRoberts: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flying immigrants, unannounced, off to Martha's Vineyard was a cheap political stunt. Naturally, Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs and state GOP Chair Kelli Ward loved it.
Governor DeSantis sent 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard with no prior communication or coordination with local leaders.The pictures are hard to look at. Images of bewildered looking men and women and children, even, shipped off to posh Martha’s Vineyard and dropped off outside the gates of the U.S. Naval Observatory that is home to Vice President Kamala Harris.
Imagine their surprise to land on a small island playground for the rich, dumped, unannounced, at the airport with no one to meet them and no one even to tell them where they were. “We are not a sanctuary state, and it’s better to be able to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction, and yes, we will help facilitate that transport for you to be able to go to greener pastures,” DeSantis said on Thursday. “Every community in America should be sharing in the burdens. It shouldn’t all fall on a handful of red states.”GOP has a point. But why treat people like props?The border is being overrun, and the Biden administration continues to be in denial about the scope of the problem.