The longtime radio host held a panel on Comedy Central’s Hell of a Week, and told his fellow panelists that he believes the idea is a good way to expose the hypocrisy of Democrats who do not want migrants in their areas.
Abbott has sent approximately 2,500 migrants to New York City while DeSantis pulled off a stunning stunt when he flew 50 Venezuelan migrants to Martha’s Vineyard in an unannounced attempt to relocate the asylum seekers.
‘I personally think it’s genius,’ Charlamagne said, ‘but I wish that governors like Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott would give Democratic governors and mayors more of a heads-up.’
‘Because then, that would expose the hypocrisy of the Democrats, which is, they don’t want immigrants here either,’ he said.
Host of The Breakfast Club, Charlamagne Tha God voiced his approval of Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sending immigrants to Democrat-led cities
Charlamagne called Democrats hypocritical because ‘they don’t want immigrants here either’
Angela Rye, center left, pushed back on Charlamagne’s approval and said she wants to know ‘what kind of Christianity’ the GOP governors are practicing
The first to push back on Charlamagne’s opinions was Angela Rye, a special correspondent for ESPN who covers matters of race and social justice for the sports network titan.
Rye began her speech with an eyeroll, and said she wants to ‘dig deeper into the fact that these folks who are priding themselves’ on sending immigrants to places that are ‘not expecting them.’
Charlamagne pointed out they’re being sent to sanctuary cities, to which Rye responded ‘it doesn’t matter. When you haven’t talked to these folks about what your plans are… It is a political game for them.’
Rye went on to call Abbott and DeSantis ‘bible-beating Christian governors,’ and went on to wonder ‘what kind of Christianity they’re practicing.’
Author and intellectual Malcolm Gladwell then joined in the discussion and agreed with Rye, and asked ‘How are we in a situation in our country when we’re treating people who want to come here… as props in some kind of political stunt.’
Comedian Roy Wood Jr. was the last to chime in, and raised a poignant point when he said the Democratic cities are the ‘same cities that ship out their homeless people to the outside counties,’ which Rye agreed with.
Wood Jr. went on to say the cities ‘deliberately hide people already,’ which makes their complaints about Abbott and DeSantis’ moves ring hypocritical.
Rye then pleaded that we have some ‘humanity and compassion about this conversation,’ and said ‘the country has failed immigration for a very long time.’
She also said Abbott and DeSantis are ‘terrified’ when there is a ‘browning of their states,’ and Charlamagne agreed with the analysis.
According to the Democrat Mayor Eric Adams, New York’s facilities for housing migrants have been pushed to the brink in recent months – with the city having already opened 23 emergency shelters.
Adams said that 38 more shelters are set to be created to deal with the mounting issue.
Migrants are loaded onto MTA buses in Manhattan after arriving by bus from Texas to Port Authority Bus Terminal this morning
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (pictured) has been slammed for his scheme to ship migrants across the country
The Commissioner of Immigration Affairs for the city says that a lot of the migrants being bussed from Texas by Gov Greg Abbott are coming from Venezuela.
Manuel Castro claims that the majority of illegal immigrants that have arrived to New York want to go to Florida because of their large community of Venezuelans.
‘We’re helping them get to their actual final destination. We’re doing our best. All states and all cities have a role to play here, not just New York and Chicago and other places.’
New York City law requires the city to provide housing for anyone who requests it, with Castro adding that around 7,300 asylum seekers currently remain in the system.
The system has become so overwhelmed that city hall has had to contract hotel rooms to house the thousands coming into the city.
Migrants arrive from Texas via coach to Port Authority Bus Station, Manhattan, New York
GOP officials say they’re keen to give liberal sanctuary cities an insight into the strain uncontrolled illegal immigration is bringing to border communities.
Abbott has been sending buses to New York, Chicago, and DC, including to the vice president’s doorstep, and this week DeSantis dispatched a plane with 50 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, the wealthy Massachusetts island.
The White House has decried the Republican governors’ efforts, saying the migrants, mostly from Venezuela, were being used in a political stunt.
‘These were children. They were moms. They were fleeing communism. And what did Governor DeSantis and Governor Abbott do to them? They used them as political pawns, treated them like chattel,’ White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at a press briefing on Friday.
She said: ‘This is an issue that is inhumane it is abhorrent and we should not be using people, migrants, who are fleeing communism as a political pawn.’