The company Ron DeSantis paid $1,565,000 to fly 50 migrants from Texas to MA is a GOP donor
It has been a little over a week since Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida decided to use men, women, and children as chattel in his political theater production of I’m Ron DeSantis and I Want to Be President. The fact that he and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott lied to frightened children and their parents and wasted taxpayer money all in service of a cheap headline is one of the lower points in an already low-level career as the nitrogen molecule of manure that is Ron DeSantis.
This inhumane piece of political theater is being investigated by a Texas sheriff since everything about it smells like a big bag of MAGA corruption and illegality. On Wednesday and Thursday, The Intercept and NBC News reported that the air charter company that DeSantis and crew used to separate families in a nakedly craven pursuit of political points are both former clients of DeSantis’ fellow Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, as well as big contributors to the GOP down in Florida. How much is a contract to trick new immigrants to our country and fly them to an island not set up for immigration?
According to DeSantis’ own administration, it’s worth $12 million.
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