White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre condemned Florida’s migrant relocation program Wednesday, calling it “dangerous” and “unacceptable.”Â
However, Jean-Pierre would not comment on whether Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is guilty of kidnapping, as California’s governor and attorney general have suggested.
The Florida Division of Emergency Management confirmed to Fox News that Florida flew dozens of migrants to California in recent days who had volunteered to relocate. The migrant flights are part of the $12 million “unauthorized alien transport program” that DeSantis, a Republican candidate for president, signed into law in February.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta, both Democrats, have accused Florida of exploiting the migrants. Newsom lashed out against DeSantis in a tweet, calling him a “small, pathetic man” and suggesting he was guilty of kidnapping under California statutes.
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Reporters asked Jean-Pierre Wednesday whether the White House agreed that Florida sending migrants to California amounts to false imprisonment or kidnapping those migrants.
Jean-Pierre declined to weigh in on the kidnapping allegation, citing federal law that prohibits her from discussing presidential campaign issues from the White House podium. However, she repeated the White House’s earlier statements calling the flights “political stunts” and said they are “dangerous, and they’re unacceptable.”Â
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“I just don’t understand what are these governors doing? Why are they causing chaos? Why are they causing confusion?” Jean-Pierre said. “What does that actually do for their constituency or for the people who are being put on these planes or on the buses? And it just doesn’t make sense.
“Their playing games and political strategies are not going to actually deal…
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