Ron DeSantis Mocks And Excoriates Biden's Response To His Flying Migrants To Martha's Vineyard

 

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At a press briefing in Daytona, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) roasted President Biden's response to his sending migrants to Martha's Vineyard.

Florida's governor, DeSantis, offered some transparency on those two flights of undocumented migrants to Massachusetts on Wednesday. Critics, however, still have concerns that something unethical or illegal took place. Some are now calling for an investigation.

After two days of unanswered questions about the flight's governor, Ron Desantis finally offered up some crucial clarity on how and why it happened and attacked the president while he did it. About 50 Venezuelan migrants on Martha's Vineyard packed up and left the island for better shelters Friday.

DeSantis said: I think people want to see that we're actually standing up and trying to protect the state against Biden's really reckless policies.

Speaking in Daytona, he also gave some vital details about how it all happened. using a 12 million pot approved by lawmakers in this year's massive state budget. The Republicans claimed that Florida has people on the ground in Texas and that they are identifying those who want to travel to Florida and offering free transportation to sanctuary jurisdictions instead.

Those sent to Martha's Vineyard, Desantis said, were volunteers who signed waivers and were given info packets.

Our view is that you've got to deal with it at the source, and if they're intending to come to Florida or many of them are intending to come to Florida, that's our best way to make sure that they end up in a sanctuary.

We're also finding out about some of the costs associated with the state's program. Online records show Florida paid Vertol Systems Company 615 thousand dollars last week.

VSC's website says it provides customers with specialized helicopter and aircraft solutions, but a specific role isn't yet known.

Democrats like Desantis gubernatorial opponent Charlie Christ aren't satisfied with Christ formally filing a sunshine request seeking internal emails, texts, and other communications on the flights from the governor's office.

Others, including the state's agriculture commissioner and California Governor Gavin Newsom, have asked the Department of Justice to investigate. It's after some of the migrants have told outlets they were coerced onto the flights and didn't know where they were headed.

Now there is also a very crucial question of whether these flights follow the funding rules that were laid out by the legislature. The language says the migrants need to be from Florida, and while the flights made a stop here in the sunshine state, they originated from Texas. Nevertheless, Desantis says to expect more flights as well as buses in the future.