Mayor Muriel Bowser was on “Face the Nation” this morning whining about illegal immigrants getting bused to Washington, D.C. and filling up homeless shelters in her city instead of staying in the border states where, we assume, she thinks they belong.
WATCH:
Homeless shelters in Washington D.C. are filling up with asylum seekers from Texas and Arizona. Mayor Bowser says “I fear that they're being tricked into nationwide bus trips when their final destinations are places all over the United States of America.” pic.twitter.com/7OOH6F2Dpl
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) July 17, 2022
Transcript:
Margaret Brennan: The Washington Post reported last week that homeless shelters in DC. Were filling up and groups are getting overwhelmed by these busses that the governors of Texas and Arizona are sending here full of migrants. How significant is this influx? How many people?
Mayor Muriel Bowser: Well, this is a very significant issue. We have for sure called on the federal government to work across state lines to prevent people from really being tricked into getting on buses. We think they’re largely asylum seekers who are going to final destinations that are not Washington, DC. I worked with the White House to make sure that FEMA provided a grant to a local organization that is providing services to folks. But I fear that they’re being tricked into nationwide bus trips when their final destinations are places all over the United States of America.
That is “quite the take”:
"Those illegal aliens need to stay in Texas and Arizona where they snuck into in the first place!"
Quite the take.
— Aldous Huxley's Ghost™ (@AF632) July 17, 2022
And as Fox News’ Bill Melugin points out, this is a “small example of what tiny TX & AZ border towns have had to deal with every single day, with far less capacity”:
D.C. is getting a small example of what tiny TX & AZ border towns have had to deal with every single day, with far less capacity. https://t.co/R45VgE1jOm
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) July 17, 2022
And who says they were tricked, anyway? This sounds just a little bit racist, Ms. Mayor:
These migrants came to America because of Democrat open border policies… Why would they need to be "tricked" into living in this great nation's Capitol where the people who left the borders open for them reside?
It should be their ultimate destination.
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) July 17, 2022
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