Adventus: Roundabout*

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Roundabout*

The hurling migrants at liberal cities and towns thing is narrowly funny in a meta way only because it’s premised on the assumption that everyone is as xenophobic and cold hearted as the governors and officials doing the hurling, and I don’t think they’ve once been proven right
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) September 15, 2022

NEW: We can confirm 50 migrants were flown to Martha's Vineyard and are being helped at a church.

The men, women & kids said they didn't know where they were.

And Florida Gov Ron DeSantis told Fox he sent them as part of his "relocation program for illegal immigrants." (more)
— David Wade (@davidwade) September 15, 2022

"Wrong" church, I’m guessing.

Trump refuses to answer @hughhewitt on whether he would run even if he is indicted (which prosecutors appear to be far from making a decision on). Trump threatens "big problems" among the populace if indicted, mentions that there wouldn't be a prohibition to him running.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 15, 2022

Trump tells @hughhewitt he doesn’t expect to be indicted, but warns of trouble if he is. https://t.co/qaLR3p2QgV pic.twitter.com/tLbKlAAm6J
— Steve Inskeep (@NPRinskeep) September 15, 2022

DeSantis is “mini-Trump.” Both imagine an American populace that doesn’t exist ready to rise up in support of their craziest ideas.

Reality is going to be such a hard taskmaster. Especially when everybody realizes DeSantis imported immigrants from Texas so he could send them to Massachusetts.

The weirdest part about the governor shipping Venezuelans out of state, though, is that ... the Venezuelans were apparently never actually in the state, and yet the DeSantis administration took credit for this?https://t.co/ps2zPGHvKj
— Dan Sweeney (@Daniel_Sweeney) September 15, 2022

The plot thickens... https://t.co/gKxmBa88YN
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 15, 2022

Curiouser and curiouser. And then confirmed:

The human beings Ron DeSantis trafficked were not from Florida: "NPR confirmed that a plane originated in San Antonio...the migrants NPR interviewed had not spent time in Florida." https://t.co/AaUj1QiMUI
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) September 15, 2022

Talk about paying a lot for a free ride (and I don't mean the immigrants).

I'm puzzled why @GovAbbott doesn't send migrants to Mar-a-Lago in buses emblazoned with "BUT YOU SAID MEXICO WAS PAYING FOR THE WALL"
— George Conway🌻 (@gtconway3d) September 15, 2022

And remember:it’s NOT about racism.