Martha’s Vineyard residents congratulated themselves on their behavior after the arrival of 50 Illegal immigrants sent by Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL).
The immigrants arrived on September 14; by September 16 they had already been bused to Joint Base Cape Cod.
Rachel Self, an immigration attorney who insisted the immigrants had been “kidnapped,” declared, “We&#8217;ve got their backs and they are not alone.”
A local volunteer said of the community, “The year round community is very strong because you are kind of isolated here — whether it&#8217;s the ferry or the bad weather, you&#8217;re stuck here,” CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/17/us/marthas-vineyard-migrants-journey-desantis/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“We&#8217;re used to helping each other. We&#8217;re used to dealing with people in need and we&#8217;re super happy — like they enriched us, we&#8217;re happy to help them on their journey,” he added.
A local church organist echoed, “Actually people here really give a damn. They really care.”
After the immigrants were removed from the island, social media castigated the residents for what they saw as hypocrisy.
“I thought Martha’s Vineyard was a ‘sanctuary city’?” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) mocked. “I thought they declared themselves a ‘haven’ for illegal immigrants?? Just 50 arrive, and the socialist billionaires send them away—to a military base, no less—in JUST 24 hours.”
“Unfreakingbelievable,” attorney A.J. Delgado tweeted. “Are all the virtue-signaling posts, about how ‘we took them in, we stepped up and came together to help!’ going to be removed now?”
“The wealthy elites on the Vineyard couldn’t stand to have the undesirables there for more than 2 days, so they shipped them off to a military base,” former Trump official Monica Crowley wrote on Twitter. “Someone else’s problem now. Back to the Chardonnay!”
Noting <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/09/15/desantis-marthas-vineyard-migrants-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/biden-officials-legal-ron-desantis-stunt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">that</a> White House officials and members of President Biden’s Cabinet were gathering after DeSantis moved the immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, DeSantis <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajX3zMu88eI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a>, “I also was a little bit perplexed when I heard that the president is scrambling to get his Cabinet together to try to address the fact that you have governors who are helping to relocate illegal aliens to sanctuary cities. Now, he didn’t scramble to get his Cabinet together when we had millions of people illegally pouring across the southern border.”
“He didn’t scramble to get his Cabinet together when you had 43, 53 migrants die in some trailer in Texas because they were neglected by the federal government,” DeSantis continued. “You didn’t see him scramble to get his Cabinet together when we had Americans that were victimized by criminal aliens that he let across the border. You didn’t see him scramble to get his Cabinet together when we hit record fentanyl deaths, which, that fentanyl is coming across his open border. It’s only when you have 50 illegal aliens end up in a very wealthy, rich sanctuary enclave that he decides to scramble on this.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marthas-vineyard-slammed-after-migrants-removed-in-under-48-hours-someone-elses-problem-now">Martha’s Vineyard Slammed After Migrants Removed In Under 48 Hours: ‘Someone Else’s Problem Now’</a>

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‘People Here Really Give A Damn’: Martha’s Vineyard Residents Praise Themselves

Martha’s Vineyard Residents Praise Themselves 

Illegal Immigration

Martha's Vineyard

Massachusetts

Ron DeSantis

Venezuela

Martha&#8217;s Vineyard was slammed late this week after videos emerged showing the 50 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal immigrants</a> being removed from the island after they were flown there by Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> (R).
The move by DeSantis ignited what turned into this week&#8217;s top national news story as Democrats <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-on-newsom-urging-doj-probe-over-migrants-his-hair-gel-is-interfering-with-his-brain-function" target="_blank" rel="noopener">falsely accused</a> the governor of potentially having engaged in kidnapping and human trafficking.
The illegal immigrants boarded two busses and headed off to Joint Base Cape Cod, where they will be greeted by 125 National Guard troops who were activated to assist.
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Buses have arrived in Edgartown to transport migrants from St. Andrew’s Parish House.
There is one big bus and two shorter buses to transport folks off the island. People with bags are taking selfies and hugging volunteers goodbye <a href="https://t.co/wuauiZM4Y3">pic.twitter.com/wuauiZM4Y3</a>
&mdash; Samantha J. Gross (@samanthajgross) <a href="https://twitter.com/samanthajgross/status/1570772182732771328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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HAPPENING NOW: Migrants, flown into Martha’s Vineyard by Fl’s governor, are boarding buses. They’ll be heading to Joint Base Cape Cod, according to officials. 125 Mass National Guard members are being activated to assist. <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBCNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/RLwxNPu8GM">pic.twitter.com/RLwxNPu8GM</a>
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Donald Trump Jr. responded, &#8220;It took less than 24 hours for the libs to kick these illegal immigrants out of Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, but Biden won&#8217;t lift a finger to deport the thousands of illegals pouring through the southern border daily out of the country.&#8221;
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat said that the point of sending the illegal immigrants to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard was to &#8220;provoke a huge mobilization&#8221; from the National Guard to &#8220;imply a contrast with a liberal White House failing to help border communities dealing with a far larger influx.&#8221;
&#8220;DeSantis really exposed these hypocrites,&#8221; popular YouTuber Tim Pool commented.
&#8220;I thought Martha’s Vineyard was a &#8216;sanctuary city&#8217;?&#8221; Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) mocked. &#8220;I thought they declared themselves a &#8216;haven&#8217; for illegal immigrants?? Just 50 arrive, and the socialist billionaires send them away—to a military base, no less—in JUST 24 hours.&#8221;
Eric Schmitt, who is Missouri&#8217;s Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, wrote: &#8220;Something, something &#8216;In this house we believe…&#8217; Something, something…Ukraine flag.&#8221;
&#8220;In the end, the Leftist liberal elite anthem is a word salad of virtue signaling defined by next level hypocrisy,&#8221; he added.
&#8220;Unfreakingbelievable,&#8221; attorney A.J. Delgado tweeted. &#8220;Are all the virtue-signaling posts, about how &#8216;we took them in, we stepped up and came together to help!&#8217; going to be removed now?&#8221;
&#8220;The wealthy elites on the Vineyard couldn’t stand to have the undesirables there for more than 2 days, so they shipped them off to a military base,&#8221; former Trump official Monica Crowley wrote on Twitter. &#8220;Someone else’s problem now. Back to the Chardonnay!&#8221;
Fighter Jon Fitch responded: &#8220;Martha&#8217;s Vineyard might be the most racist place in America. They called the national guard over 50 non-white people. Gross.&#8221;
New York Times &#8220;Women&#8217;s Work&#8221; writer Megan K. Stack wrote: &#8220;Whatever the surrounding circumstances, calling in the National Guard for 50 people really does look terrible. It&#8217;s also awful to see people marched past the cameras. This whole stunt is dehumanizing and humiliating.&#8221;

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Martha’s Vineyard Slammed After Migrants Removed In Under 48 Hours: ‘Someone Else’s Problem Now’

Biden Administration

Florida

Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has certainly flung the Left into a tizzy this week, but not solely because he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/welcome-home-now-get-the-hell-out-illegal-aliens-already-bused-out-of-marthas-vineyard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent 50 illegal aliens</a> to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard. The real reason for <a href="http://dailywire.com/news/marthas-vineyard-state-rep-boasts-of-welcoming-50-immigrants-ted-cruz-fires-now-try-4-2-million/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democrat hysteria</a> is that DeSantis&#8217; move is the newest sign that the GOP is starting to wield government power.
That reality has the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/progressivism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Left</a> terrified.
The Florida Republican is the latest GOP state executive to actually use the authority granted to him under his state&#8217;s constitution. Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, both Republicans, have been sending illegal aliens to Democratic districts as well.
DeSantis&#8217; decision to send them to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, however, placed the illegal aliens on the island home to some of the most important players in Democratic politics.
The Obamas and President Joe Biden&#8217;s climate czar John Kerry summer there. It regularly boasts of its <a href="https://www.mvy.com/stay.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exclusive lodgings and Island authenticity</a> — whatever that means. Illegal aliens — at least not the kind needing help — were never supposed to arrive there.
And yet they did. Martha&#8217;s Vineyard got a dose of what life is like for thousands of towns throughout the country.
In reaction, folks like Ken Burns compared the flights to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-carlson-mocks-ken-burns-for-comparing-marthas-vineyard-migrant-dump-to-holocaust" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Holocaust</a>. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-house-plane-migrant_n_63237753e4b027aa406406e4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> it was all around &#8220;shameful &#8230; reckless, and just plain wrong.&#8221;
Those same people, of course, were silent when Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-mayor-blasts-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoots-hypocrisy-migrants-shipped-republican-suburb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moved</a> illegal aliens out of her city to wealthy suburbs. And they have also never condemned Biden&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aircraft-records-reveal-secret-migrant-flights-across-u-s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">own migrant flights</a> that allegedly ship illegal aliens in the dead of night across the country.
Why would they? Nobody expects Democrats to genuinely rebuke those actions.
It is obvious progressives do not actually care about the illegal aliens or any other issue they claim to be concerned with. They simply care about political power and preventing conservatives from using it.
That means when President Donald Trump was in charge, Democrats accused him and other Republicans of being xenophobic racists for wanting a secure border. In turn, leftists argued that anybody and everyone who wants to come to America should be welcomed. That&#8217;s what Emma Lazarus&#8217; poem at the Statue of Liberty says, after all. These progressives passed edicts making themselves sanctuary cities and safe havens for unlawful border crossers — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-obama-be-taking-any-illegal-immigrants-at-his-12-million-marthas-vineyard-mansion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including</a> Martha&#8217;s Vineyard.
Now that a Republican governor has taken them up on their offer and has actually given them what they voted for — more illegal immigrants — they are slandering that politician as a fascist and despot.
They have no real vocal response other than to call the Florida conservative a &#8220;racist.&#8221; Meanwhile, they are now shipping the migrants to a new community, just as DeSantis did.
In other words, they are frauds.
Progressives have been phonies for quite some time, but the Democratic Party has never really received any true pushback from conservatives besides being called hypocrites.
That doesn&#8217;t really work because in American culture, being branded a racist is far worse than being called a hypocrite. Democrats didn&#8217;t care that they were called hypocrites because they continued to advance their agenda without anybody stopping them.
Republican politicians were afraid of being called racist, and therefore acquiesced and refused to use the levers at their disposal.
Until now.
As DeSantis&#8217; rapid response director, Christina Pushaw, pointed out, the flights were paid for by taxpayers under the 2022-2023 budget signed by DeSantis.
&#8220;Underrated aspect of Martha’s Vineyard meltdown today: The funding for transporting illegal aliens to sanctuary jurisdictions was a highlight of the budget @GovRonDeSantis signed MONTHS ago,&#8221; Pushaw <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/1570575783693025281?s=20&amp;t=bADRkKxI7oUiFHNEdax96w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>. &#8220;Dem legislators performing outrage today voted for it 🤡 Promises made, promises kept.&#8221;
This fiscal year, the Florida government allotted $12 million so that DeSantis could remove illegal aliens from its borders. DeSantis implemented that portion of the budget.
He used his authority to benefit the Floridian people, to many conservatives&#8217; delight.
Even Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3645354-senate-democrats-furious-at-desantis-abbott-over-sending-migrants-to-marthas-vineyard-dc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">praised</a> the move.
&#8220;Right now Arizona and Texas and a few others take the whole burden, and other states ought to take their fair share,” said Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT).
But of course, the Democratic states would never take their fair share unless forced to, which is precisely what DeSantis, Ducey, and Abbott are doing. Tyrants — which is what the Left really are — don&#8217;t do things out of the kindness of their hearts. They only respond to political force.
As concisely <a href="https://twitter.com/loganclarkhall/status/1570591215867039746?s=20&amp;t=bADRkKxI7oUiFHNEdax96w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> by strategist Logan Hall, &#8220;You don’t beat the Left by flat appeals to hypocrisy or morality. You beat the Left by using their tactics against them. They hate nothing more than a dose of their own medicine. Fight fire with fire. Double down.&#8221;
Ideally, the illegal alien bus trips and flights will continue until the border is closed.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

The Left Has Zero Idea How To React To Conservatives Actually Using Government Power

Southern Border

Boy was that an arduous act of love. For 24 hours, residents on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftists-explode-after-desantis-sends-illegal-immigrants-to-marthas-vineyard-the-nazis-did-this" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Martha&#8217;s Vineyard</a> proudly lived out their yard-sign creeds, proclaiming &#8220;<a href="https://www.customsigns.com/hate-has-no-home-here-pride-yard-sign?gclid=Cj0KCQjwvZCZBhCiARIsAPXbajvkhhGbZVfhKTBFxPt8qhaiEgmOEAR9WkZgC4D29RPdDDpNsq6ck_caAqwJEALw_wcB" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hate has no home here</a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href="https://www.zazzle.com/kindnessiseverything_yard_sign_black-256522360122999561?rf=238241712444678626&amp;tc=Cj0KCQjwvZCZBhCiARIsAPXbajuHWbpFGRGv0NClDGts6IWYRALKszGNgcT4T4Fpuh23NTa1A-398OIaApexEALw_wcB&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=us_shopping&amp;utm_term=z256522360122999561&amp;ca_chid=2001810&amp;ca_source=gaw&amp;ca_ace=&amp;ca_nw=g&amp;ca_dev=c&amp;ca_pl=&amp;ca_pos=&amp;ca_cid=575710024728&amp;ca_agid=130837243143&amp;ca_caid=15861894165&amp;ca_adid=575710024728&amp;ca_kwt=&amp;ca_mt=&amp;ca_fid=&amp;ca_tid=pla-1519308953911&amp;ca_lp=1025990&amp;ca_li=&amp;ca_devm=&amp;ca_plt=&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwvZCZBhCiARIsAPXbajuHWbpFGRGv0NClDGts6IWYRALKszGNgcT4T4Fpuh23NTa1A-398OIaApexEALw_wcB" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no human is illegal</a>&#8221; as they welcomed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marthas-vineyard-declares-humanitarian-crisis-over-50-illegal-aliens" target="_blank" rel="noopener">50 illegal aliens</a> sent courtesy of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Governor Ron DeSantis</a> (R-FL).
Then the buses showed up on Friday morning and the migrants were promptly shown the door.
On Friday, Governor Charlie Baker (R-MA) <a href="https://www.abc6.com/baker-to-activate-up-to-125-members-of-the-national-guard-to-assist-with-migrants/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">activated</a> up to 125 National Guard to handle the illegal aliens. That&#8217;s not a typo, the Left-leaning Republican brought in more than two National Guardsmen per migrant to deal with the situation. The illegal aliens then boarded buses, which will reportedly transport them to a ferry heading toward their final destination at Joint Base Cape Cod. There they will be housed in unused military barracks on the mainland.
&#8220;Our Administration has been working across state government to develop a plan to ensure these individuals will have access to the services they need going forward, and Joint Base Cape Cod is well equipped to serve these needs,” Baker <a href="https://www.mass.gov/news/baker-polito-administration-announces-coordinated-support-for-newly-arriving-families-and-individuals-to-the-commonwealth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Friday morning.
A video of the scene can be seen here. In the video, you will note that there are almost more cameras than illegal aliens:
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HAPPENING NOW: Migrants, flown into Martha’s Vineyard by Fl’s governor, are boarding buses. They’ll be heading to Joint Base Cape Cod, according to officials. 125 Mass National Guard members are being activated to assist. <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBCNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/RLwxNPu8GM">pic.twitter.com/RLwxNPu8GM</a>
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The problem, you see, is that the island cannot possibly handle the 50 individuals. It is too much stress for the tiny island to bear, a homeless shelter coordinator on the island claimed.
&#8220;There is multiple wheels that are turning and departments that are working together,&#8221; Lisa Belcastro <a href="https://www.masslive.com/capecod/2022/09/one-migrant-who-arrived-at-marthas-vineyard-details-journey-as-local-officials-plan-next-steps.html">said</a> Thursday morning.
&#8220;At some point in time, they have to move from here to somewhere else, right?&#8221; Belcastro said. &#8220;We don’t have the services to take care of 50 immigrants. And we certainly don’t have housing — we’re in a housing crisis as we are on this island.&#8221;
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Wow! This Martha’s Vineyard Democrat doesn’t seem very welcoming or progressive. 
“We don’t have housing for 50 immigrants.” 
Uh, don’t the Obamas have a 10 bedroom mansion there? That will fit half of them. 
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That claim flies in the face of reality.
To start, the Martha&#8217;s Vineyard website proudly boasts that it has plenty of options for tourists to stay.
&#8220;Whether you’re looking for a luxurious hotel to cater to your every need, a romantic or family-friendly spot, or are traveling on a budget – you can find it all on Martha’s Vineyard!&#8221; myvy.com <a href="https://www.mvy.com/stay.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">states</a>.
&#8220;With more than 80 lodging options, there’s no shortage of choices,&#8221; the site added. &#8220;​Because we have no chain hotels, each accommodation gives you an authentic Island experience.&#8221;
How serene!
In the past, when border states have been overrun with illegal aliens, Immigration and Customs Enforcement <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-wasted-roughly-17-million-on-hotel-rooms-for-illegal-immigrants-report-finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">paid millions</a> for 1,239 beds and other hotel services in Texas and Arizona.
The island&#8217;s website also <a href="https://www.mvy.com/faq.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">notes</a>, &#8220;The Vineyard is home to roughly 17,000 year-round residents. During the summer months, the population increases to nearly 200,000. Sixty-three percent of all homes on the Vineyard belong to seasonal residents.&#8221;
The population swells more than 10-fold from Memorial Day to Labor Day, but we are supposed to believe it can&#8217;t handle 50 individuals. Give me a break.
Of course, they can take in the 50 migrants. The reality is that these folks aren&#8217;t hypocrites, they are frauds, as DeSantis <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/their-virtue-signaling-is-a-fraud-desantis-drags-leftists-attacking-him-for-sending-illegal-immigrants-to-sanctuary-cities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Thursday.
In reality, the island asked for all of this to happen.
Martha&#8217;s Vineyard voted for the Biden-Harris ticket over Trump-Pence by a margin of 9,763 &#8211; 2,610, <a href="https://vineyardgazette.com/marthas-vineyard-voters-guide/election-results" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per</a> The Vineyard Gazette.
The majority of residents supported Biden as he pledged to get rid of former President Donald J. Trump&#8217;s illegal immigration policies in the name of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Now that they see firsthand the ramifications of ditching said policies, they do not want to deal with the negative effects.
And who would? Thousands of communities around the country have been harmed by illegal immigration — whether it be drugs flowing through the porous border or strains on social resources.
So, the solution for ultra-wealthy liberals on a literal island is to get them out of their backyard.
That&#8217;s how it works for rich leftists. They pledge support for Democratic candidates and progressive policies, then they fight tooth and nail to never see how those policies hurt communities.
You just have to wonder if folks on the island ever paused to think about what it must be like for actual border towns that are far poorer than Martha&#8217;s Vineyard to deal with Biden&#8217;s open borders on a daily basis. Perhaps then they would vote against Democrats so other towns don&#8217;t have to experience the calamity they dealt with this week.
But that would require humility and critical thinking. It is far easier to pack up the temporary visitors and send them elsewhere — like to an air force base to sleep on cots, out of sight, out of mind.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Martha’s Vineyard Migrants

Welcome Home, Now Get The Hell Out: Illegal Aliens Already Bused Out Of Martha’s Vineyard

50 Illegal Aliens Already Bused Out Of Martha's Vineyard

Border Crisis

Leftist

Progressivism

The Massachusetts state representative for the area including the leftist haven Martha’s Vineyard responded Wednesday to the arrival of 50 Venezuelan illegal immigrants by boasting of the island’s reception for the immigrants, prompting Texas GOP Senator Ted Cruz to fire back with an acerbic remark.
Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis arranged this week for the illegal immigrants to be transported to the Massachusetts island known for hosting former President Barack Obama&#8217;s palatial home and being a playground for the Kennedy family.
After the move by DeSantis, State Rep. Dylan Fernandes tweeted, “Our island jumped into action putting together 50 beds, giving everyone a good meal, providing a play area for the children, making sure people have the healthcare and support they need. We are a community that comes together to support immigrants.”
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Our island jumped into action putting together 50 beds, giving everyone a good meal, providing a play area for the children, making sure people have the healthcare and support they need. We are a community that comes together to support immigrants. <a href="https://t.co/kG5bglhbLe">pic.twitter.com/kG5bglhbLe</a>
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Cruz snapped back acidly, “Now try 4.2 million.”
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Now try 4.2 million. <a href="https://t.co/fvRmV0LGt2">https://t.co/fvRmV0LGt2</a>
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Lisa Belcastro, the coordinator for Martha’s Vineyard homeless shelter Harbor Homes, exhibited a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marthas-vineyard-shelter-coordinators-reply-to-migrants-arriving-goes-viral-they-have-to-go-somewhere-else" target="_blank" rel="noopener">far different reaction</a> to the arrival of the immigrants than Fernandes did. Asked on Thursday what the “most difficult challenges” were from the island facing the arrival of the 50 illegal immigrants, she responded: “The difficult challenges are, we have, at some point in time they have to move from here to somewhere else.”
“We cannot, we don’t have the services to take care of 50 immigrants,” she continued. “And we certainly don’t have housing. We’re in a housing crisis as we are on this island. And we don’t, we can’t house everyone here that lives here and work here. We don’t have housing for 50 more people.”
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Wow! This Martha’s Vineyard Democrat doesn’t seem very welcoming or progressive. 
“We don’t have housing for 50 immigrants.” 
Uh, don’t the Obamas have a 10 bedroom mansion there? That will fit half of them. 
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&mdash; Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/1570498549057716225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Appearing on Fox News in July, Cruz referenced the 4.2 million number he cited this week. He <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=799169217890067" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed out</a>, “We’ve now had in a year and a half under Joe Biden, 4.2 million people cross illegally into this country; it’s the highest rate of immigration into this country in 62 years, and the explosion of drug trafficking — last year we had a 100,000 people die of overdoses just in my home state of Texas; we had over 1,600 people overdose on fentanyl.”
“And I gotta say that Joe Biden body bags, they keep piling up and up and up,” Cruz charged. “And what is causing it is this president, this vice-president, this attorney general,  refuse to enforce the law. When they catch a trafficker, they let him go. They follow catch and release. And they engage in a state of unbelievable denial.”
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Martha’s Vineyard State Rep Boasts Of Welcoming 50 Immigrants. Ted Cruz Fires: ‘Now Try 4.2 Million’

Martha's Vineyard State Rep Boasts Of Welcoming 50 Immigrants. Ted Cruz Fires Back.

Conservatives cheered Wednesday evening after Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) sent two planes of illegal immigrants to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/massachusetts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Massachusetts</a> island that is home to wealthy progressives like former President Barack Obama.
“Yes, Florida can confirm the two planes with illegal immigrants that arrived in Martha’s Vineyard today were part of the state’s relocation program to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations,” an official for DeSantis’ office <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ron-desantis-sends-two-planes-illegal-immigrants-marthas-vineyard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. “States like Massachusetts, New York, and California will better facilitate the care of these individuals who they have invited into our country’ by incentivizing illegal immigration through their designation as ‘sanctuary states’ and support for the Biden Administration’s open border policies.”
The official continued, “As you may know, in this past legislative session the Florida Legislature appropriated $12 million to implement a program to facilitate the transport of illegal immigrants from this state consistent with federal law.”
&#8220;Wealthy Martha’s Vineyard finally has to pay their fair share of what poorer border towns have been forced to deal with for YEARS due to Dems open border policies,&#8221; radio host Dana Loesch tweeted. &#8220;Dems talk about sanctuary but get all stingy and look down their noses when illegal entrants enter their enclaves.&#8221;
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Wealthy Martha’s Vineyard finally has to pay their fair share of what poorer border towns have been forced to deal with for YEARS due to Dems open border policies. Dems talk about sanctuary but get all stingy and look down their noses when illegal entrants enter their enclaves. <a href="https://t.co/Um9leZbo0a">https://t.co/Um9leZbo0a</a>
&mdash; Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href="https://twitter.com/DLoesch/status/1570235663802564612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I fully expect all of the rich progressives to open up their Martha’s Vineyard mansions to those newly arrived immigrants who illegally entered the country. &#8216;Sanctuary&#8217; without action is dead, so I’m sure they’ll do their fair share and give middle class border towns a break,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;If they don’t, they’re racists.&#8221;
Joel Berry, managing editor of the Babylon Bee, tweeted, &#8220;I’m so happy to hear DeSantis is sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard. I’m told the people who live there are the wealthiest and most virtuous liberals on earth. They must be so excited to welcome such diversity into their community.&#8221;
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I’m so happy to hear DeSantis is sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard. I’m told the people who live there are the wealthiest and most virtuous liberals on earth. They must be so excited to welcome such diversity into their community
&mdash; Joel Berry (@JoelWBerry) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoelWBerry/status/1570228148461240320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The popular conservative account Comfortably Smug tweeted, &#8220;Every GOP governor dealing with the crisis at the border needs to start sending plane after plane of illegal migrants to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard and the Hamptons.&#8221;
Another popular Right-leaning account, Sunny McSunnyface, responded to a Left-wing activist complaining that the community does not have the resources to deal with the influx of migrants. &#8220;Oh does it suck to have community resources overwhelmed by migrants showing up uninvited?&#8221; the account tweeted. &#8220;Sounds like it’s time to stop being racist and start building.&#8221;
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“These services DO NOT EXIST in places like Martha&#39;s Vineyard.” 
Oh does it suck to have community resources overwhelmed by migrants showing up uninvited? 
Sounds like it’s time to stop being racist and start building <a href="https://t.co/LDO6dcqPy8">https://t.co/LDO6dcqPy8</a>
&mdash; Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) <a href="https://twitter.com/sunnyright/status/1570234089570975744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Flying migrants to Martha’s Vineyard is &#8216;cruel&#8217; but Biden busing them to random cities in Texas and Maryland was… loving?&#8221; conservative political commentator Allie Beth Stuckey tweeted. &#8220;&#8216;How mean to use these people as political pawns!&#8217; Lol. The projection is off the charts, as usual. I do feel bad for the children caught up in all this. Yet another reason to secure the border so we can avoid this altogether.&#8221;
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“How mean to use these people as political pawns!” Lol. The projection is off the charts, as usual. I do feel bad for the children caught up in all this. Yet another reason to secure the border so we can avoid this altogether
&mdash; Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) <a href="https://twitter.com/conservmillen/status/1570253311156035585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Conservatives Cheer After DeSantis Sends Illegal Immigrants To Martha’s Vineyard: Time To ‘Pay Their Fair Share’

The far Left melted down Wednesday night in response to Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) sending two planes full of illegal immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/massachusetts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Massachusetts</a> island, that is home to wealthy progressives like former President Barack Obama.
“Yes, Florida can confirm the two planes with illegal immigrants that arrived in Martha’s Vineyard today were part of the state’s relocation program to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations,” an official for DeSantis’ office <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ron-desantis-sends-two-planes-illegal-immigrants-marthas-vineyard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. “States like Massachusetts, New York, and California will better facilitate the care of these individuals who they have invited into our country’ by incentivizing illegal immigration through their designation as ‘sanctuary states’ and support for the Biden Administration’s open border policies.”
The official continued, “As you may know, in this past legislative session the Florida Legislature appropriated $12 million to implement a program to facilitate the transport of illegal immigrants from this state consistent with federal law.”
Leftists proceeded to erupt with anger that DeSantis would send the illegal immigrants to the island, with many falsely accusing him of human trafficking or being a literal Nazi.
&#8220;The Nazis had a relocation program,&#8221; former CNN reporter Jacki Schechner tweeted. &#8220;DeSantis&#8217; communications director actually uses the words &#8216;the state’s relocation program&#8217; in [an official statement].&#8221;
Far-Left activist <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/nbc-contributor-prostasia-normalizing-pedophilia">Noah Berlatsky</a> claimed that DeSantis lawfully sending the illegal immigrants to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard was &#8220;an ethnic cleansing program.&#8221;
&#8220;Seriously, this is an ethnic cleansing program,&#8221; he falsely claimed. &#8220;They are transporting people across borders without their consent based on race and ethnicity.&#8221;
Far-Left conspiracy theorist <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/its-still-mueller-time.html">Seth Abramson</a> tweeted, &#8220;ATTENTION FBI: INVESTIGATE THIS MAN FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING.&#8221;
Democrat activist Lindy Li falsely claimed that DeSantis was &#8220;engaging in human trafficking.&#8221; &#8220;This is how low they’ve sunk,&#8221; she declared. &#8220;Celebrating a crime against humanity.&#8221;
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, the Left-wing policy director at American Immigration Council, lamented on Twitter that places like Martha&#8217;s Vineyard &#8220;DO NOT&#8221; have the resources to deal with an influx of illegal immigrants.
Far-Left MSNBC host Chris Hayes tweeted: &#8220;Deeply deeply sick and dehumanizing to fling human beings somewhere vindictively.&#8221;
RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-ron-desantis-flies-planes-full-of-illegal-immigrants-to-marthas-vineyard-report-says">Ron DeSantis Flies Planes Full Of Illegal Immigrants To Martha’s Vineyard, Report Says</a>

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Leftists Explode After DeSantis Sends Illegal Immigrants To Martha’s Vineyard: ‘The Nazis’ Did This!

Florida Republican Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> followed through Wednesday on a promise to send illegal immigrants to Democrat-controlled areas by sending two planes of illegal immigrants to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/massachusetts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Massachusetts</a> island, that is home to wealthy progressives like former President Barack Obama (D).
&#8220;Yes, Florida can confirm the two planes with illegal immigrants that arrived in Martha’s Vineyard today were part of the state’s relocation program to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations,&#8221; an official for DeSantis&#8217; office <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ron-desantis-sends-two-planes-illegal-immigrants-marthas-vineyard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. &#8220;States like Massachusetts, New York, and California will better facilitate the care of these individuals who they have invited into our country’ by incentivizing illegal immigration through their designation as ‘sanctuary states’ and support for the Biden Administration’s open border policies.&#8221;
The official continued, &#8220;As you may know, in this past legislative session the Florida Legislature appropriated $12 million to implement a program to facilitate the transport of illegal immigrants from this state consistent with federal law.&#8221;
Fox News aired a video showing the illegal immigrants getting off planes at Martha’s Vineyard Airport.
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🚨BREAKING: <a href="https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovRonDeSantis</a> sent illegal immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard on a plane. <a href="https://t.co/h1m9Yu1y3S">pic.twitter.com/h1m9Yu1y3S</a>
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DeSantis released his budget for the state in December 2021 and in it he requested millions of dollars to begin removing illegal aliens from his state.
“In yesterday’s budget, I put in $8 million for us to be able to transport people here illegally out of the state of Florida,” DeSantis <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-new-florida-budget-includes-millions-to-begin-deporting-illegal-aliens-out-of-florida" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">said</a> at the time. “It’s somewhat tongue in cheek, but it is true, if you sent them to Delaware or Martha’s Vineyard or some of these places, that border would be secure the next day.”
The budget that was approved by the state legislature earlier this year included more money than DeSantis asked for, providing $12 million for the Florida Department of Transportation to remove illegal immigrants from the state.
This report has been updated to include additional information.

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Ron DeSantis Flies Planes Full Of Illegal Immigrants To Martha’s Vineyard, Report Says

Ron DeSantis Flies Planes Full Of Illegal Immigrants To Martha's Vineyard, Report Says

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington">Washington</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> are following a policy from <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/california">California</a> to ban the sale of new <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/oil-and-gas">gasoline</a>-powered cars by 2035.
Rules from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) require 35% of new vehicles to produce zero emissions by 2026 before rising to a 68% benchmark by 2030 and a 100% level by 2035. Both Washington and Massachusetts had enacted legislation conforming the states to recommendations from CARB as of 2019, <a href="https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2019-03/177-states.pdf">according</a> to the agency.
“This is a critical milestone in our climate fight,” Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovInslee/status/1562512247616045056?s=20&amp;t=rYvGc0n3cesUmRWNpvpKQQ">said</a> on social media, setting the goal of “all new car sales to be zero emissions by 2030.”
California accounts for 11.7% of new light-duty vehicle sales in the United States, according to CARB, while Massachusetts and Washington account for 2.1% and 1.8% of sales, respectively. The road to electric vehicle adoption, however, may be steep — California has 563,070 registered electric vehicles while Washington and Massachusetts have 66,810 and 30,470, respectively, according to the <a href="https://afdc.energy.gov/data/10962">Department of Energy</a>.
Officials in the Biden administration have come under fire for suggesting that renewable energy subsidies passed under the Inflation Reduction Act will help the middle class contend with higher price levels, particularly with respect to fuel.
“If you are low income, you can get your home entirely weatherized through the expansion from the bipartisan infrastructure laws,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/they-dont-know-how-they-sound-critics-roast-energy-secretary-for-telling-poor-people-to-buy-solar-panels">said</a> earlier this month on Fox News. “If you are moderate income, today you can get 30% off the price of solar panels. Those solar panels can be financed, so you don’t have to have the big outlay at the front … If you don’t qualify for the weatherization program, you will be able to, starting next year, get rebates on the appliances and equipment that will help you reduce your monthly energy bill by up to 30%. That is all about reducing costs for people.”
Beyond state governments, corporations around the world are seeking to accelerate a shift toward electric vehicles. Bank Australia, for example, will no longer offer loans for new gas-powered cars and plans to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/australian-bank-to-end-loans-for-new-gas-cars-pushes-electric-vehicles-instead">implement</a> the policy beginning in the next three years as part of its commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2035.
“By ceasing car loans for new fossil fuel vehicles, we are sending a signal to the Australian market about the rapid acceleration in the transition from internal combustion to electric vehicles we expect to see in the next few years,” Bank Australia Chief Impact Officer Sasha Courville said at a recent summit, according to a press release. “We’ve chosen 2025 because the change to electric vehicles needs to happen quickly, and we believe it can with the right supporting policies in place to bring a greater range of more affordable electric vehicles to Australia.”
Texas, however, recently cut ties with BlackRock, UBS, and eight other financial institutions <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-cuts-ties-with-blackrock-other-woke-firms-over-their-hatred-for-fossil-fuels">hostile</a> to fossil fuel investment. Comptroller Glenn Hegar identified firms that are “refusing to deal with” or “terminating business activities” with companies involved in the production and use of fossil fuels “without an ordinary business purpose” based upon an evaluation of their commitment to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives — which, in some cases, included vows to third-party climate advocacy groups like Net Zero Banking Alliance.

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elizabeth-warren">Elizabeth Warren</a> (D-MA) blamed her failed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2020-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2020 presidential bid</a> on the fact that she was born without a male appendage, according to a new book.
NBC News correspondent Ali Vitali is out with a new book, &#8220;Electable: Why America Hasn’t Put a Woman in the White House … Yet.&#8221; Based on <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/08/12/ali-vitali-running-as-a-woman-in-2020-00051244" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an excerpt</a> from the book in Politico, Warren and some in her campaign believe that one of the reasons is because Iowa&#8217;s Democratic voting base is filled with a bunch of sexists.
Vitali, who followed Warren along during the 2020 Iowa primary campaign, recounted that after the caucus was over, she discussed the campaign with Warren and why she did not do as well as she had hoped.
&#8220;We’d talked about the dynamics of Iowa, her competitors and the pressure she put on herself not &#8216;to screw this up,'&#8221; Vitali wrote.
&#8220;Everyone comes up to me and says, ‘I would vote for you, if you had a penis,'&#8221; she claimed Warren said.
Vitali also revealed that a Warren campaign organizer was dismayed by the response she received from a &#8220;60-year-old white woman with a peace sign in her front yard.&#8221; Upon seeing that the organizer was there on behalf of Warren, the elderly lady said, “Oh, sweetie, this country will never have a woman president.”
“I lost it,” the unnamed individual told Vitali. “But that was the vibe. Women and men alike, both as explicitly as that but also implicitly, would just say, ‘Look, I think it’s great what you’re doing … but America — it’s just not gonna happen.'&#8221;
The NBC reporter also reported that during the 2020 campaign, it had been reported that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) — the man who Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) once <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/10/31/aoc-says-she-didnt-know-she-had-inherent-value-as-a-human-until-she-heard-bernie-sanders-name-n2555681">claimed</a> helped her recognize her &#8220;inherent value&#8221; as a human — didn&#8217;t think a woman could win the election.
For his part, Sanders rejected the notion, saying it was “ludicrous to believe that at the same meeting where Elizabeth Warren told me she was going to run for president, I would tell her that a woman couldn’t win.”
But Warren maintained, &#8220;Among the topics that came up [at dinner] was what would happen if Democrats nominated a female candidate. I thought a woman could win; he disagreed.&#8221;
Vitali also revealed that former secretary of state and twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton also believed that Sanders was a sexist. After one debate, Warren accused Sanders of calling her a liar on national TV after he denied saying a woman couldn&#8217;t win.
&#8220;I believed her, because I know Sanders, and I know the kind of things that he says about women and to women,” Clinton told Vitali. “So, I thought that she was telling an accurate version of the conversation they’d had.&#8221;
In March 2020, just one month after the Iowa primary, Warren dropped out of the presidential race.

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Elizabeth Warren: ‘Everyone’ Tells Me They Would Vote For Me If I ‘Had A Penis’

Elizabeth Warren: 'Everyone' Tells Me They Would Vote For Me If I 'Had A Penis'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/massachusetts">Governor Charlie Baker (R-MA)</a> recently signed legislation into law that requires all Bay State public universities and colleges to provide access to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion">medication abortion</a>, either through their school&#8217;s health services or local resources.
Bill H.5090, known as &#8220;An Act Expanding Protections For Reproductive And Gender-Affirming Care,&#8221; was signed by Baker last Friday. The law <a href="https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2022/Chapter127">requires</a> that all publicly-funded places of higher education submit a detailed &#8220;medication abortion readiness plan&#8221; to the department of public health annually beginning November 30, 2023. The plan should explain how the school will provide medication abortion access or arrange for off-campus medication abortions for its students. Massachusetts&#8217; public health department will then &#8220;provide a grant to each health center to pay for the cost of direct and indirect medication abortion readiness.&#8221;
&#8220;What this legislation was intended to do was to normalize medication abortion as a part of health care and put it where students already are, which is on their campuses and in campus health centers,&#8221; Taylor St. Germain, communications director for Reproductive Equity Now, <a href="https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2022/08/01/new-law-ensures-medication-abortion-access-for-public-university-students-in-mass">told</a> WGBH. &#8220;Students are already receiving a large chunk of their health care from these campus health centers a lot of the time.&#8221;
The law also codifies abortion — as well radical gender theory surgeries and other procedures — as a right recognized in the commonwealth’s constitution.
&#8220;Access to reproductive health care services and gender-affirming health care services is a right secured by the constitution and laws of the commonwealth,&#8221; the law reads. &#8220;Interference with this right, whether or not under the color of law, is against the public policy of the commonwealth.&#8221;
State Senator Lindsay Sabadosa helped craft the legislation and said she copied the idea from California.
“It was previously introduced and passed in the state of California,” Sabadosa <a href="https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/08/04/public-colleges-in-mass-are-now-required-by-law-to-provide-medication-abortion-access/">told</a> Boston.com. “The idea came because I was at a meeting with UMass Amherst students discussing health care and ways that we can expand access and one of the students said, ‘Hey, I’ve been following this thing that’s been going on in California and I think we should do it here.’”
Sabadosa also explained that — in her view — students might end up at crisis pregnancy centers without the law. The state senator explained that without access to these kinds of abortion services on campus, students might have to Google something and wind up being helped by pro-life activists.
&#8220;If students are getting online and searching for services, sometimes you end up at the right spot and sometimes you end up at a crisis pregnancy center,” Sabadosa explained. “CPCs tend to pop up around college campuses specifically, so avoiding those is a great byproduct of the legislation.”
Jason Lewis, a state senator who also supported the law, told the media that college students in particular need to be able to conveniently abort their baby, should they desire to do so.
“This is a population where access to abortion care is particularly important,” Lewis <a href="https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/08/04/public-colleges-in-mass-are-now-required-by-law-to-provide-medication-abortion-access/">told</a> the press. “This can be a major crisis for them and that just should not be the case here in Massachusetts.”

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The Christian flag flew above Boston&#8217;s City Hall briefly on Wednesday, with supporters joining in celebration and songs of praise.
The flag-raising comes after a Supreme Court ruled in favor of the move earlier this year.
&#8220;I do want to give the glory to God because God&#8217;s hand was in this from the very beginning,&#8221; conservative activist Harold Shurtleff, whose organization Camp Constitution was involved in the case, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LibertyCounsel/videos/454046086612262/?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZWBtQG9T9ajOf6M59L8KEbbyjBzjjkrGysp2wABC9iKRb-aTp6IWFoQJByTKHLQX7ow8a1TuiwhhgOeKE5WbNOZ6dzmIN6VUv8k-yankgGTTXsyVrMa31TD4t1GAhVM-EC-DzvVXwj-nNIQVWHXed-nZs0AczbiKk1X49yguVZIEWNIGnJS4_IJkmxsXijlpgQ&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the flag-raising ceremony.
&#8220;We have a great Constitution and a wonderful First Amendment, but just like when it comes to muscle, if you don&#8217;t use it, then you get weak. When I got the rejection email from the city and it said &#8216;separation of church and state,&#8217; I knew we had a case,&#8221; he added.
Shurtleff and other supporters celebrated the moment, but the city of Boston is working on a new policy that could soon give the local government more power in deciding which flags are approved at City Hall. The Boston Herald <a href="https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/08/02/camp-constitution-christian-flag-to-fly-over-boston/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Tuesday that the city expects to propose a change to its flag policies following the Supreme Court case.
CBS News Boston <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-city-hall-flag-christian-us-supreme-court-camp-constitution-harold-shurtleff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the proposal would push for any group that wants to fly a flag on City Hall Plaza will &#8220;now need either a proclamation from the mayor or a resolution from the council.&#8221;
The developments continue despite the Supreme Court&#8217;s 9-0 decision in May that ruled in favor of the Christian flag flying over Boston&#8217;s City Hall.
“We conclude that, on balance, Boston did not make the raising and flying of private groups’ flags a form of government speech. That means, in turn, that Boston’s refusal to let Shurtleff and Camp Constitution raise their flag based on its religious viewpoint ‘abridg[ed]’ their ‘freedom of speech,’” Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer wrote in the court’s <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/20-1800.pdf">opinion</a>.
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/boston-illegally-rejected-request-to-fly-christian-flag-supreme-court-rules" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, the case emerged from a 2017 incident when the city denied the Camp Constitution&#8217;s request to raise the Christian flag outside Boston City Hall. The application followed the city&#8217;s custom of allowing groups to use one of the city&#8217;s three flag poles to fly an event, organization, or movement-specific flag for special occasions.
Between 2005 to 2017, the city flew about 50 different flags for nearly 300 activities and celebrations. Previously approved flags included those from communist governments such as China and Cuba and an LGBT-related pride flag.
After the court&#8217;s ruling, the Satanic Temple also made public its official request in a post on Twitter as part of “Satanic Appreciation Week” in May.
&#8220;Religious Liberty is a bedrock principle in a democracy, and Religious Liberty is dependent upon government viewpoint neutrality,” Lucien Greaves, co-founder of The Satanic Temple, said in a <a href="https://www.masslive.com/boston/2022/05/satanic-temple-requests-flag-raising-at-boston-city-hall-after-supreme-court-rules-city-violated-free-speech-rights-in-refusing-to-fly-christian-flag.html">statement</a> in May.
“When public officials are allowed to preference certain religious viewpoints over others, we do not have Religious Liberty, we have theocracy,” he added.

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