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Amid the media commotion over the arrival of 50 illegal immigrants to the Democratic sanctuary on Martha’s Vineyard, the liberal NBC News network compared Latino migrants to “trash” and, in response to the immediate reaction from social media, deleted the tweet.
“Florida Gov. DeSantis sending asylum-seekers to Martha’s Vineyard is like ‘me taking my trash out and just driving to different areas where I live and just throwing my trash there,'” was part of the unfortunate NBC News tweet linked to an article.
Screenshot for when this gets deleted pic.twitter.com/y4mjQLUJaS
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 16, 2022
Uproar over illegal immigrants
According to the network, the tweet quoted Max Lefeld, leader of a refugee foundation. Neither Lefeld nor the network noticed the intrinsic racism in the statement and decided to use the phrase to post the article on social media.
The racist comment comes at a time of media turmoil over Ron DeSantis’ send of 50 illegal immigrants by plane to the island of Martha’s Vineyard, the vacation home of many liberal celebrities, as part of his response to the federal government’s inaction on the border crisis.
Despite rejoicing in its virtues as a community that supports immigrants and proudly waves all the flags of the left, Martha’s Vineyard residents did not even take 24 hours to get rid of the illegal immigrants, sending them to a nearby military base.
However, although the Biden Administration did the same in October 2021, the media accuses Ron DeSantis and Texas Governor Greg Abbott of “trafficking” illegal immigrants by attempting to relocate them to Democratic cities.
Tomás Lugo, journalist and writer. Born in Venezuela and graduated in Social Communication. Has written for international media outlets. Currently living in Colombia // Tomás Lugo, periodista y articulista. Nacido en Venezuela y graduado en Comunicación Social. Ha escrito para medios internacionales. Actualmente reside en Colombia.