DeSantis threatens to 'send the bill to Biden' for uptick in Florida's migrant costs | Washington Examiner
By: Washington Examiner
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Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) blasted President Joe Biden and his administration's immigration policy as his state is experiencing a surge in immigrants.
DeSantis on Friday declared a state of emergency following the recent arrival of immigrants in the Florida Keys. The Republican governor issued an executive order that activated the National Guard and other state resources "to protect Floridians from the dangerous impacts of the Biden Border Crisis."
When asked at a news conference on Thursday for his response to critics suggesting his recent actions were a political stunt, DeSantis said it was "interesting."
"The Coast Guard actually requested the state's assistance — they had all these vessels coming," DeSantis said, adding that Florida is "filling in the gaps" where the federal government is failing. "We've been very aggressive, really across the board, at mitigating the damage from Biden's disastrous border policies, and part of it is just what they're doing at the border, but part of it is the message that's gone out to say, 'The rules don't matter. Just show up, and you're fine.' And you can't run a country like that, and it's caused a lot of problems."
DeSantis promised his continued support as the impact of the migrant surge is mitigated, even threatening to bill the White House for the costs.
"We are going to clear the vessels free of charge for those residents because it wasn't their fault," he said. "Maybe we'll send the bill to Biden, we'll see, but the reality is this is just not the way you run a country."
DeSantis's executive order has deployed air assets, including airplanes and helicopters, and has expanded Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission marine patrol to support water interdictions, among other measures.
The governor said that since August, authorities have interdicted more than 8,000 people in Florida's territorial waters alone.
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Send the bill anyway. Funding should come out of the appropriate budgets and payable to the people of Florida.
KEEP IT ON TOPIC. THE PREVIOUS POTUS AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE OFF LIMITS.
I'm all for it. Send him the bill and another bus full of illegal migrants.
Haven't seen the federal government agencies or news agencies calling the requests for money and support from sanctuary states and cities a political stunt. Amazing what a simple letter after a name can do, isn't it...
2024 should be worthy of snark if DeSantis decides to run and has to shift, what will be radically for him, to the center. The boy from Into the Badlands shtick that he loves to portray should have a shorter run than the original.
2024 likely to be a bad time for Democrats. Sounds like he has you worried.
You said that about 2022 but with newbie governors like Sarah Sanders running next to last Arkansas in so many areas and her first deed was to ban a word (Latinx) it appears a large section of GoP newbies are caught in the thralls of dumbass culture wars.
Of course DeSantis has Democrats worried. They only have Biden, Harris, Newsom, and Hillary as viable candidates!
And they're only viable if you either ignore the past 50 years or bash yourself in the head with a ball peen hammer a few thousand times.
Although "dumbass" democrats have given birth to many an obnoxious term, 'dumbass' republicans are guilty of adopting them and not just the terms.
This will be chuckling while chugging all the way to Jordan.
Cherry-picking my comment again?
I'm sure that before posting that comment you researched the word "dumbass". It's only referred to in a political way by Urban Dictionary. All reputable dictionaries define the word as merely a stupid person and has been in American general lexicon since at least 1935.
Too funny, one lib makes a comment and y'all circle the wagons. Relax, it's Friday not Frightnight.