White House: Governors sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard and DC is “cruel stint”

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 16 September 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis admitted to sending two planes carrying migrants to Martha’s Vineyard while Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said his state intentionally sent two buses of migrants to the Vice President’s home in Washington, DC. The White House called the acts a “cruel, premeditated political stunt.” It’s the latest in a series of moves by Republicans governors to send migrants to liberal areas of the country to protest the lack of southern border security. Former Congressman Charlie Crist is the Democratic candidate for governor in Florida, running against DeSantis. He previously ran the state as a Republican governor. He joins AC360 to react to what is happening to these migrants. Plus, CNN Anchor and Correspondent Richard Quest was able to pay his respects to Queen Elizabeth in Westminster Hall where her body is lying in state until her funeral Monday. The line to see the late monarch’s body stretches nearly five miles along the south bank of the River Thames. He tells AC360 about his experience saying goodbye to Her Majesty. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening.
0:02.2	On Martha's Vineyard tonight, residents are providing food and shelter to migrants,
0:06.3	human beings who, whatever you think of the move, have become political ponds and what
0:10.5	is now an escalating series of actions.
0:13.2	The effect, and likely, the goal, is to thrust immigration further into the spotlight
0:18.3	less than eight weeks before Election Day.
0:21.0	I'm John Burman, Infra Anderson, and this is the scene on Martha's Vineyard today.
0:25.0	After an estimated 50 migrants arrived on the Massachusetts Island, they were sent there
0:29.5	in two planes chartered by the administration of Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis,
0:34.6	though we are getting some information that the migrants might not have actually come
0:38.0	from Florida, more on that in a second.
0:40.2	Today, Governor DeSantis defended his actions.
0:44.4	We are not a sanctuary state, and it's better to be able to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction,
0:50.0	and yes, we will help facilitate that transport for you to be able to go to greener pastures.
0:56.2	A critics call it a stunt.
0:58.3	We should point out that it let last month 1.8 million arrests, apprehensions, or encounters
1:03.4	on the southern border were reported for the physical year today, that's according to
1:07.4	customs and border protection, and that is an increase from the last fiscal year, and
1:11.4	this one isn't even over yet.
1:13.1	The move from DeSantis mirrors bus trips.
1:15.4	Texas Governor Greg Abbott began months ago sending migrants to two other areas, mostly populated
1:20.6	by Democratic voters, New York City, and the nation's capital.
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