Democratic Washington D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser told CBS “Face The Nation” host Margaret Brennan, Sunday, that she fears people are being “tricked” into getting on buses to D.C.
Brennan cited a story by the Washington Post that she claimed said, “homeless shelters in D.C. were filling up, and groups are getting overwhelmed by these buses that governors of Texas and Arizona are sending here full of migrants.” The story cited doesn’t mention homeless shelters, but was about a Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network (SAMU) shelter, specifically for migrants, that was full, according to the Washington Post.
As Margot Cleveland of the Federalist tweets, “WHOA! I didn’t think ploy would work, but it looks like Texas and Arizona are making D.C. live the pain they are causing to ordinary Americans by failing to secure the border.”
UPDATE: “Interestingly enough, Bowser sounded like Governors Abbott and Ducey when she said that local taxpayers should not have to pick up the tab for illegal migrants bused into town. That is exactly the point that Abbott and Ducey are making with the bus rides into D.C. Let Joe Biden figure out how to take care of them. The burden falls on Mayor Bowser as it does the governors when they are bused to the border by cartels and professional immigration advocates. Bowser said the federal government should be paying for it. Again, that’s the point. Texas and Arizona have been picking up the tab for the Biden border crisis.”