Abbott Busses Migrants To Los Angeles, Continuing Effort To Out-MAGA DeSantis

on March 24, 2017 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 24: Texas Governor Greg Abbott participates in a news briefing outside the West Wing after an Oval Office announcement with President Trump March 24, 2017 at the White House in Washington, DC.... WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 24: Texas Governor Greg Abbott participates in a news briefing outside the West Wing after an Oval Office announcement with President Trump March 24, 2017 at the White House in Washington, DC. Charter Communications announced that the company is opening a call center in McAllen, Texas, creating 600 jobs. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced Wednesday that he had bussed a group of migrants to Los Angeles for the first time, adding yet another blue state destination to the stunt he and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) have been using to out-MAGA one another and score political points — all at the expense of vulnerable migrants.

“The first bus of migrants from Texas has arrived in Los Angeles,” Abbott tweeted Wednesday afternoon, vowing, in a statement, once again, that the state will keep sending “migrants to sanctuary cities like LA until [President Biden] secures the border.”

Between Abbott and DeSantis, millions of taxpayer dollars have been spent to transport thousands of migrants to Democratic-led cities, like Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and, most recently, Denver.

Abbott’s new stop comes just days after DeSantis transported a group of asylum- seekers from Texas to Sacramento, leading to staunch criticism and threats of prosecution from California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Attorney General Rob Bonta.

DeSantis addressed the issue last week, blaming “sanctuary jurisdictions” for the rise in migration.

“When they have to deal with some of the fruits of that, they all of a sudden become very, very upset about that,” DeSantis said during a visit to Arizona’s southern border.

The group of 42 people, including eight children, that Abbott bussed arrived in LA after a 23-hour bus ride without food, Jorge-Mario Cabrera, director of communications for immigrant rights group CHIRLA, told the Los Angeles Times.

“It is abhorrent that an American elected official is using human beings as pawns in his cheap political games,” Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement, adding that the city was prepared to be at the “receiving end of a despicable stunt that Republican governors have grown so fond of.”

“Los Angeles is not a city motivated by hate or fear and we absolutely will not be swayed or moved by petty politicians playing with human lives,” Bass said.

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  1. Response… bus homeless Americans to the front door of Abbott’s home?

    Oh wait, never mind… Democrats aren’t soulless f’ing assholes that are willing to denigrate and shame humans in need for their own political asperations.

  2. I see you haven’t been to Austin anytime recently.

    Big unhoused population there.

  3. I bet Abbott is just sick that the Trump indictment is grabbing all the ink and his trafficking human beings is stuck below the fold. He’ll have to look for even more despicable cruelty aimed at vulnerable people to get him the kind of publicity he so desires. What a sad little man.

  4. This is human trafficking and must be stopped. He is committing a criminal act, and California must prosecute against him personally. Abbott is a repugnant human being - I thought someone in his life “condition” would be more compassionate. Shame on Abbott.

  5. “When they have to deal with some of the fruits of that, they all of a sudden become very, very upset about that,” DeSantis said

    It’s so much easier to win when you cheat and the other team still plays by the rules.

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