today governor desantis defended his actions. we are not a sanctuary state. and it s better to be able to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction. and yes, we will help facilitate that transport for you to be able to go to greener pastures. the critics call it a stunt. we should point out that last month, 1.8 million arrests, apprehensions or encounters on the southern border were reported for the physical year to date. that s according to customs and border protection. and that is an increase from the last fiscal year, and this one isn t even over yet. the move from desantis mirrors bus trips texas governor greg abbott began months ago sending immigrants to other areas, mainly new york city and the nation s capital. today at least two more buses arrived in washington, d.c., this time outside the u.s. naval observatory, the residence of vice president kamala harris. it comes after she made comments that the southern border was, quote, secure. so far as the florida chartered flight
problem. he caught republicans by surprise. these are people who don t want to be surprised it seems by something like this. so what are they going to do with this with him, as they head towards the midterms? it doesn t sound as if mitch sm mitch mcconnell is trying to push for this vote. of course he is not in charge. it would be chuck schumer, the senate majority leader who could have to voy have to agree to it. there would have to be maneuvering to try to push the vote on the floor. that s a long way sort of washington way of saying it s probably not going anywhere. but again, it s less:00 the legislation, i know this sounds very washington, john, and more about the messaging and the trying to get ahold of the policy. and i can tell you, john, just in the past couple of weeks i ve been in ohio and michigan working on campaign stories. and it has really surprised me