Please, let’s hear it for the fine people of Martha’s Vineyard, whose compassion knows no bounds.
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flew a group of migrants to the peaceful wealthy liberal enclave, the residents leapt into action and started complaining right away. One of them even launched a GoFundMe to help raise money, which, now that Martha’s Vineyard has managed to send those migrants off to a military base where they’ll be greeted with — ahem — immigration lawyers, is going to direct the money toward making sure that Martha’s Vineyard never has to go through an ordeal like this again..
The migrant arrived to Woods Hole before noon and received an escort to Joint Base Cape Cod where we’re told immigration attorneys are waiting to meet with them. pic.twitter.com/jtZLOaCsoK
— Bianca Beltrán (@BiancaNBCBoston) September 16, 2022
Oddly enough, the migrants’ exit from Martha’s Vineyard doesn’t seem to be getting the same sort of media coverage that Ron DeSantis got for sending them there in the first place. The media seem more … generous and forgiving.
Watch the smiles and hugs between Martha's Vineyard residents and the Venezuelan migrants, who were recently flown there by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in a political stunt, as they board buses to Joint Base Cape Cod. pic.twitter.com/FqLZbWoE32
— The Recount (@therecount) September 16, 2022
Smiles and hugs!
The Washington Post is definitely feeling the warm fuzzies. Or at least the sort of fuzzies that keep them from getting too upset over Martha’s Vineyard giving those migrants the boot. Check out how they’ve framed that:
Migrants sent by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) to Martha's Vineyard depart for Cape Cod after unprepared island scrambled to help them https://t.co/gutHGEoZlk
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 16, 2022
“Depart for Cape Cod.” They make it sound like the migrants are heading off for an end-of-summer vacation.
Lol and it continues!
Depart*
*bused to a military base under the supervision of 125 National Guard. pic.twitter.com/HiGSLbqBTv
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) September 16, 2022
To a military base with immigration attorneys.
The immigration attorneys aren’t waiting for their arrival on the military base just in case one of them needs a will or trust created
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) September 16, 2022
Perhaps WaPo shouldn’t be talking about departing, but rather deporting. Because that’s what’s probably actually happening here.
Reuters might want to try that, too:
Tears, uncertainty as migrants depart Martha's Vineyard amid political standoff https://t.co/xgDaf380xz pic.twitter.com/hucZXyiAZh
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 16, 2022
“As migrants depart.”
Why did they depart? https://t.co/dhIGJbbFTX
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 16, 2022
And why are there tears and uncertainty?
Expect to see a lot of whitewashing by the same media outlets who breathlessly raged over Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis’ “cruelty” and “inhumanity” now that liberals are taking steps to ensure that the migrants “depart.”
The media should seriously consider doing some actual, legitimate journalism for a change. Be honest about what’s happening. Don’t the migrants deserve that, at the very least?
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