{"id":2130,"date":"2021-03-15T21:15:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T21:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=2130"},"modified":"2021-03-15T21:16:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T21:16:27","slug":"watch-i-think-this-is-intentional-i-think-this-is-ideological-desantis-denounces-biden-on-immigration-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=2130","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: \u2018I Think This Is Intentional. I Think This Is Ideological\u2019: DeSantis Denounces Biden On Immigration Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WATCH: \u2018I Think This Is Intentional. I Think This Is Ideological\u2019: DeSantis Denounces Biden On Immigration Policies<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Calls Covid relief bill “effectively a transfer of money” from states like FL and GA to NY and CABy<\/strong>Hank Berrien<\/strong><\/a>\u2022Mar 15, 2021   DailyWire.com\u2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Sunday, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, widely considered a leading candidate for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, slammed the Biden administration for its policies regarding the southern border of the United States, where a surge of illegal immigrants has flooded the area and left border patrol sounding the alarm over the crisis. DeSantis fired that under former President Trump the border was under control, but that the Biden administration \u201ccreated this crisis. \u2026 I think that this is intentional. I think this is ideological.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis also noted that the recently-passed $1.9 COVID relief bill rewarded Democratic-run states that had damaged their economies with strict lockdowns rather than states like Florida, which had acted to make sure their economies stayed afloat, blasting, \u201cIt\u2019s effectively a transfer of money from states like Florida and Georgia to states like New York, Illinois, and California. It stinks to high heaven.\u201d

Additionally, DeSantis asserted that his state would not tolerate the kinds of rioting and looting that have plagued other states, pledging, \u201cWe\u2019re targeting local governments. If they try to \u2026 indulge in these kinds of insane fantasies like defunding law enforcement, the state will take action and defund them <\/em>as municipalities. \u2026 Anybody that wears a uniform, don\u2019t have any doubt: the state of Florida stands with you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis made the comments during an appearance on Fox News with Judge Jeanine Pirro, who prompted his remarks by asserting that the crisis at the border amounted to more than just a simple change in policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis stated: \u201cWell, it obviously is a disastrous change in policy, Judge. If you look, Donald Trump had obviously the wall, which we all supported, but also safe third-party agreements, as well as \u2018Remain in Mexico.\u2019 And guess what happened? The border was under control. So they\u2019ve gone back on those policies, and they\u2019ve created this crisis. But I think that this is intentional. I think this is ideological. I think that they\u2019re getting bit by this, politically now. But I think that this was something that they absolutely anticipated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo it\u2019s a disastrous way to start an administration,\u201d he continued. \u201cI think most of the American people are going to be strongly opposed to this, and hopefully they\u2019ll reverse course. You know, in Florida, though, we\u2019re ready. When I became governor, we banned sanctuary cities, and we also did E-Verify. And so that\u2019s not going to work in Florida, and hopefully we can do those policies nationwide at some point. But there, Biden is going in the absolute wrong direction. Trump had it right at the border; Biden\u2019s got it wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pirro compared DeSantis\u2019 governance of Florida to Democrat New York Governor Andrew Cuomo\u2019s governance in New York, asking, \u201cYou got it right. How did you do it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, Judge, we just tried to look at the whole society. We wanted to look out for everybody,\u201d DeSantis replied. \u201cWe viewed this as a virus that was particularly dangerous for elderly people but not as dangerous for younger people, so we did the opposite on nursing homes: we banned hospitals from sending infected patients to nursing homes. We also did things like prioritize our seniors for vaccinations. But we had kids in school; it\u2019s very important that they have the opportunity to go to school in person. We also saved the economy from collapse; our unemployment rate right now is 4.9 %. So we did all those things even with one of the most elderly populations in the country and our per capita COVID mortality is less than the national average and far less than lockdown states like New York, New Jersey, and Illinois.\u201dhttps:\/\/ffe4faa473eef2934865ce66050cea91.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-37\/html\/container.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pirro opined that the recently-passed $1.9 COVID relief bill rewarded Democratic-run states that had damaged their economies with strict lockdowns while punishing states like Florida, which had acted to make sure their economies stayed afloat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis replied, \u201cExactly. We are getting penalized by about $2 billion because <\/em>we have low unemployment, because <\/em>we saved the economy, because <\/em>also we have lower COVID mortality than a lot of these lockdown states. So what this bill does is say, \u2018If you locked down, if you destroyed your state; if you destroyed your economy, and you failed to stop COVID as well, you\u2019re going to get a windfall.\u2019 Some of these lockdown states are getting an extra billion, two billion, three billion dollars, so it\u2019s effectively a transfer of money from states like Florida and Georgia to states like New York, Illinois, and California. It stinks to high heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pirro noted the rioting going on in Portland, then compared DeSantis\u2019 no-nonsense approach to breaking the law in Florida.https:\/\/ffe4faa473eef2934865ce66050cea91.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-37\/html\/container.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis responded: \u201cNot only that Judge; we\u2019re targeting local governments. If they try to \u2026 indulge in these kinds of insane fantasies like defunding law enforcement, the state will take action and defund them <\/em>as municipalities. And also, if you\u2019re involved in rioting or looting or any of this: you\u2019re going to jail. You want to talk about bail? We\u2019re obviously not going to eliminate bail like these crazy states will do, but if you\u2019re involved in a violent assembly, you\u2019re not getting bail. You gotta stay in bail until you go in front of a judge, and I think that that is going to be a good disincentive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He concluded, \u201cBut as we look forward, I think you\u2019re going to see more of this around the country and we\u2019re setting a marker down in Florida. We\u2019re not tolerating it, and anybody that wears a uniform, don\u2019t have any doubt: the state of Florida stands with you.\u201dhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GbawcW3KW2E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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