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Source: The Daily Bell
Lessons From Martha's Vineyard: Hit the Elites Where They Live
By Ben Bartee | September 19, 2022
In a well-choreographed made-for TV political drama, DeSantis recently shuttled dozens of illegal immigrants to the neoliberal wonderland that is Martha's Vineyard.
It had everything one could want in a juicy culture war soap opera: exposure of hypocrisy on a grand scale, comeuppance for the elites wrecking the nation, corporate media news actors' crocodile tears.
Remember when then-candidate Brandon encouraged literally everyone in Latin America "seeking asylum" to "surge" through the border as soon as he got into office?
Biden calling on immigrants to surge through the border. pic.twitter.com/moYGRmd4P2
— Corn Pop (@Corn_Pop_) September 12, 2022
Apparently he forgot the caveat: "just not to Martha's Vineyard where my donors have summer homes." This is the modern tale of two cities:
• When the privileged Country Club classes that populate Martha’s Vineyard are made to bear the brutal impacts of their policing it's "theatre" and a "political stunt."
• When average people in smalltown Texas get flooded with illegal immigrants, that’s just another Tuesday. If they complain to the government that's supposed to control border crossings, they’re denounced as bigots.
"We don't have the resources to house them," lamented the Martha's Vineyard homeless shelter coordinator.
Imagine the gall. Martha's Vineyard is one of the wealthiest locales in the whole country. If it can't swing the resources to house and feed 50 new immigrants, how can cash-strapped cities across the US like Brownsville, Texas be expected to handle millions of migrants every year illegally trampling over the border into its hands?
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