Yesterday, we noted here that Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis had sent two planeloads of illegal migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, a playground for the super-rich and current home of former President Barack Obama and many other globalist elites.
The reaction from local officials has been as predictable as it is hypocritical. While swearing absolute devotion to all known woke precepts, they have been quick to scream bloody murder at the prospect of having to deal with all of 50 (the horror!) illegals from Venezuela. The director of the town’s homeless shelter declared yesterday:
[W]e do not have the services to take care of 50 immigrants, and we certainly don’t have housing. We’re in a housing crisis as we are on this island, and so we don’t … have housing for 50 more people.
You can view her complete remarks here.
Some commenters have not very helpfully pointed out that the Obamas, for example, have a 10-bedroom home on the island that surely could accommodate some of the newcomers, perhaps with a little doubling up. No word from Barack and Michelle on the suggestion, but there is this from country music star John Rich:
For more, see the Washington Examiner.