As you know,
last week, the immigration debate in America
was reignited once again by Ron DeSantis,
Florida governor and the dad of your school bully.
You see, for months now,
Republican governors in Arizona and Texas
have been trying to draw attention to border security
by busing migrants to places like New York and Chicago.
But DeSantis took things up a notch
by hiring a plane
to take 48 Venezuelan migrants from Texas
and drop them off in Martha's Vineyard.
And if DeSantis was looking for attention,
well, he definitely got it.
NEWSWOMAN: Some Democratic lawmakers
want the Justice Department to open an investigation
after 50 Venezuelan migrants
were flown to Martha's Vineyard last week.
NEWSWOMAN 2: This morning, a Texas sheriff
launching a criminal investigation
against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
NEWSMAN: Massachusetts authorities want
a federal human trafficking probe
into what it calls inhumane acts by DeSantis and others.
They were told there was a surprise present for them
and that there would be jobs and housing waiting for them
when they arrived.
This was obviously a sadistic lie.
They were lured by false pretenses
and then transported across state lines.
That is enough evidence
to open a criminal investigation
for the federal crime of kidnapping by inveiglement.
Kidnapping by inveiglement?
I swear to God,
Republicans are gonna give me a law degree
by the time this shit is over,
'cause we keep learning about new things.
Inveiglement?
But, yeah, basically, DeSantis tried to pull a stunt
that may have turned into an actual crime.
But it doesn't surprise me. It doesn't surprise me
that Ron DeSantis is doing this. He looks...
kind of like a human trafficker.
No, no, for real. Look at him. Just look at him.
Look at him. Tell me...
tell me that's not the pose of a man
who's smuggling a group of Venezuelans up his butt.
Look at that guy.
"I'm going to explode."
So, to many Democrats, especially,
DeSantis is basically just a kidnapper in a frumpy suit.
But what's interesting is, over in MAGA world,
DeSantis has been getting a hero's welcome.
NEWSMAN: This weekend in Kansas,
Florida governor Ron DeSantis received a standing ovation
from Republican voters
when he talked about the Southern border.
As stunts go, this has been an incredibly brilliant stunt.
Obviously, a boss move by DeSantis.
I think this is brilliant.
They need to do more.
Tomorrow, Martha's Vineyard needs 100.
The next day, they need 200.
The next day, they need a thousand.
Martha's Vineyard lost their mind.
Ron DeSantis-- he's playing chess here.
Democrats and their allies in the media--
they're playing checkers.
The hypocrisy is now out in the open.
This is amazing. This is checkmate.
Ooh, checkmate. Yeah.
I like how Republicans are like,
"No, no, we're not using immigrants as pawns,
-but also, checkmate." -(laughter)
(applause and cheering)
As you can see, conservatives--
they're just (bleep) their pants over this thing.
"It was brilliant."
"A boss move."
"Yes, Queen."
"Martha's Vineyard lost their mind."
And by the way, did it really? Did it?
Did Martha's Vineyard lose its mind?
50 migrants showed up out of nowhere,
and the people of Martha's Vineyard gave them food
and shelter, and then, exchanged hugs with them
as they boarded buses to leave.
Now, I know Ted Cruz has never been hugged before,
so he may have thought
that they were trying to strangle each other,
but that doesn't look like people losing their minds to me.
This really shows you how America is living
in two completely separate realities right now.
In the Democratic world,
this was a heartless and illegal stunt.
In MAGA world, this was the most brilliant thing
anyone's done since Jesus invented the AR-15.
-(laughter) -Yeah, Democrats say
Martha's Vineyard proved DeSantis wrong
by welcoming the migrants with open arms.
MAGA world says they proved DeSantis right
by shipping the migrants off to a military base after two days.
It's pretty wild. I mean, at this point,
America's basically the multiverse.
There's one universe where DeSantis is a god,
and simultaneously, another universe
where he's headed to prison and has those hot dogs for fingers.
(laughter, clapping)
But believe it or not, believe it or not,
there is actually one conservative
who is upset with DeSantis.
And you'll never guess who it is.
Rolling Stone reports that Trump is upset
about DeSantis' decision to fly nearly 50 migrants
from Texas to Martha's Vineyard last week,
not because he thinks it was a depraved
and irresponsible and inhumane practice
to target asylum-seekers. No.
Trump is angry because it was his idea first.
NEWSWOMAN: According to the story, the former president...
Oh, man, poor Donald Trump.
He was just sitting at home like, "You stole my idea!
"And by the way, stealing stuff is also my idea.
"Read the news. Read it and weep.
My idea."
But you know what's really telling here is that,
in a way, Trump has a point.
Right?
He is the guy who came up with the idea
of turning all politics
into a series of stunts. That is what he did.
The Muslim ban, build the wall. That shit didn't solve anything,
but it got the people going.
And now, pulling stunts has become the driving force
of the Republican party.
But Trump-- he's stuck watching it on the sidelines.
Yeah.
And I feel bad for you, Mr. Trump.
But the fact is, Ron DeSantis-- you see what he's doing--
he's slowly becoming the Republican Party now,
stealing your tricks, making it his own.
And so you got to-you got to get used to this.
You got to get used to being
smuggled in his butthole for the ride.