Ron DeSantis's Cruel Treatment of Migrants Is the Future of GOP Policymaking

[RAB910]

The Republican Party’s platform is all about trolling the libs.

But one of DeSantis’s achievements in his study of the Trumpian arts stands out above the rest. The Florida governor has, perhaps better than anyone in the contemporary GOP, mastered Trump’s main innovation: shitposting as policymaking. He has wrangled with Disney, one of his state’s most important employers, over made-up culture-war beefs about inclusivity and “wokeness.” On Thursday, he arguably took things further than ever, by flying dozens of asylum-seeking migrants to Martha’s Vineyard.

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There is no actual point to DeSantis’s actions beyond weaponizing his own petulance—and the fervent hope that somewhere, even if it’s just online, some libs will be triggered. It’s a policy that accomplishes nothing beyond doing a grave indecency to some needful human beings for the sake of a live-action troll job. Its only point is to garner some attention from the Fox News set by portraying people who are merely seeking safety and economic security as violent criminals and traffickers. The 50-some migrants who were spirited away are just pawns in a political stunt aimed at raising DeSantis’s profile as presidential primary season nears.

https://newrepublic.com/article/167755/desantis-marthas-vineyard-trolling-immigrants

[Hotler]

1. And roaming death squads for democrats and liberals if he takes power. Think Augusto Pinochet

This is no joke. DeSantis is a mean vengeful man. More so than the orange one.

[RAB910]

4. DeSantis is more like Hitler than Trump

[TheRealNorth]

7. The only difference is DeathSatan is more competent

[pwb]

2. Well independents will have something to say to DeSatan?

They don't like this and pukes cant win without them. IMO.

[randr]

3. As bad as this, is it is still

the result of no definitive immigration policy

[RAB910]

6. I disagree, it's more like they dusted off an old right-wing playbook

[randr]

8. I understand you point

It furthers the case that nothing has been done to fix a broken system since then.

[RAB910]

9. Here is part of the problem, with the current makeup of Congress, any sort of immigration bill

is a no go.

[randr]

12. That is what we have been told

[JI7]

5. Right Wing has always been about cruelty towards "others"

[kimbutgar]

10. He needs to be defeated big time come November

Destroy him at the polls for his cruelty. Because if he’s not stopped he’ll nationalize his cruelty towards the people who don’t support him.

The guy looks so evil.

[Martin68]

11. Full-blown fascism. If these people come into power at the national level, we are well and

truly fucked.