dump them in another state, so-called sanctuary cities so that they can figure it out. what i just described is exactly the strategy of some republicans governors on the far right of this divide, governors like you see on the screen, governor greg abbott of texas and ron desantis of florida. the latter declaring quote, every community in america should be sharing in the burdens. it shouldn t fall on a handful of red states. the real question is, for many americans out there, do you think desantis is right? we re going to hash that out in moment here. buz was it right for he and abbott to do the following? texas governor sent two buses of asylum seekers to the home of vice president kamala harris. it happened today. and then drove away, left them there. they apparently had no idea where they were or why they were at that particular location, let alone, perhaps, its significance politically speaking. and last night, florida s governor flew two planes with an estimated 50 migran
announcing a tentative agreement to avert a nationwide freight rail strike. a shutdown that could have had catastrophic consequences for the economy. talks involving the unions, rail companies and labor secretary marty walsh went on for 20 hours. we re told that president biden, who calls himself the most pro-union president ever was instrumental in getting over the finish line. last night was a historic night for rail labor. we re proud of what was accomplished. we wanted to take a few seconds and thank secretary marty walsh, deputy secretary julie sue and definitely president joe biden, everybody pulling together to make sure we could get our members what they deserve. this is the quality of life issue that we have been trying to get to our members. so we re going to hit the ground running. we ll have more information here in the coming hours. some tired looking leaders emerging as the sun was arising there. jeremy diamond is at the white house. what do we know abou
they re not looking it s a stunt. it s a pure political stunt. and remember, this is not just states between texas and massachusetts. he s flying all the way from florida somewhere. these were 50 people just 50. it was not like it was the thousands. 50 people that he that the florida governor picked up in texas and flew around to get to martha s vineyard. and it s really a political stunt. now, having said that, i agree with you. there is a lot more that needs to be done on this, laura, a lot more that needs to be done. but people have to start talking to each other and quit using these poor people as political punching bags. i mean, that s the biggest issue. when you think about that, doug, what s the strategy? you re a strategist on the republican side. there s no surprise that people have very visceral reactions to our immigration policy in this country. the irony is certainly there, that we are a nation of immigrants, as they like to say. and yet there is a visceral reactio
children. some of them are very young. these are people. human beings. they re human beings. so that s one thing. i think the lack of resources. but the other part of this is that democratic governors and mayors do need to find a way to figure out how they can manage the load. because if the policy prescription is that the united states ought to be able to welcome these people in, they ought to be able to welcome these people in. prior notice is important. it should be happening it didn t happen. it s not happening. it s not happening. it didn t happen here. but this is a wealthy country. there ought to be ways to handle it. here s how you know it s a pure political stunt. when you look at the statements from these governors and conservative media are picking it up saying illegal immigrants are sent to these places. they re not illegal immigrants. they re asylum seekers who have
over. so it s an interesting discussion, but it strikes me as totally irrelevant. time to move on. is the president-elect going to move on or is he going to continue to talk about millions of illegal voters? well, he is going to make sure that the record is set straight and that people understand that, when folks on the left, jill stein and others, start talking about the madeup foux recounts. he got 1.4 million votes in a state no one thought he would get. at the end of the day unless she can find 1.37 million missing votes, there is no way she could ever do this. it s a pure political stunt. when he sees people in the media taking it seriously and talking about this valiant recount effort that we know is a stunt to raise money for the green party, he wants to make sure that people understand that, if you re going to have a discussion about this, let s have it in complete context and