"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."
Full Article: [dailykos.com]
Spending taxpayer money for cheap political stunts is, of course, illegal, but Republican hubris knows no limits. They're so convinced they're right, and have so little respect for people who disagree with them, that unethical and/or illegal actions are deemed not only acceptable, but God's will. Democracy itself, in their view, is an inconvenience, and probably Satanic