The reporters add, 'For all the bluster, the war between Austin and Tallahassee is decidedly more cold than hot. Abbott's good political fortune to share 1254 miles of border with Mexico and complained that he didn't have the same to use as a backdrop, according to one person familiar with the conversation.' DeSantis mused to donors last year about Mr. The two Republican governors have been locked in an increasingly high-stakes contest of one-upmanship, wielding their own unique brands of conservatism and pushing boundaries by using desperate migrants for political gain. 'Even Texas Republicans tell pollsters that they prefer Mr. DeSantis' instinct for political theater has helped him quickly turn into Republicans' leading alternative to former President Donald J. DeSantis planned to round up migrants in San Antonio, according to people familiar with the matter.'Īccording to the Times' sources, however, this resentment on the part of the Abbott camp isn't because they view what DeSantis did as morally wrong, but because he took the political spotlight off of them. No one in the Texas governor's office was given a heads-up that Mr. But privately, the Florida governor's gambit stung Mr. ''Every state that wants to help, I'm happy for it,' said Dave Carney, Mr.

DeSantis' migrant flights from his state,' Bender and Goodman report in an article published by the Times on September 26. David Goodman, are Republicans in Texas' state government - including allies of Gov. DeSantis wanted to make sure that his political stunt and effort to anger northern liberals would receive as much publicity as possible in right-wing media, and he has been drawing a great deal of criticism from Democrats as well as from Never Trump conservatives.Īnother group that has been 'annoyed' by DeSantis' stunt, according to New York Times reporters Michael C. Ron DeSantis arranged for two planes of migrants to be flown to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, he made sure that Fox News was the first media outlet to know what he was up to. This article originally appeared on AlterNet.

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