On Thursday night’s edition of MSNBC’s The 11th Hour, leftwing crackpot and MSNBC political analyst Fernand Amandi had a complete meltdown over Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) sending two planes filled with illegal migrants to Martha’s Vineyard. Amandi cried that it wasn’t a political stunt but was instead “an act of evil being done by evil men” because DeSantis is apparently using the migrants as “political pawns, and political props.”
Amandi wanted everyone to know that “this is not a political stunt.” According to Amandi, a political stunt is “Doctor Oz running for the Senate in Pennsylvania when he resides in New Jersey.”
According to Amandi, when you “lie to them under false circumstances and tell them you're taking them somewhere under false pretenses, and using them as props?” “That is an act of evil! And it is an act of evil being done by evil men! Who are using children and good faith parents, coming to this country,” he wailed.
He surmised incorrectly that DeSantis is “trying to change the conversation from the Dobbs decision, overturning Roe v Wade” and make the 2022 midterms about immigration.
“It is the most cynical, cheap, and evil tactic. And I don't think it's going to play here in Florida. I think that Ron DeSantis overreached this time,” Amandi said, screaming into the television camera.
He also took issue with the idea that DeSantis had reportedly sent a videographer to Martha’s Vineyard so they would have footage of the migrants landing so that he would “have his minions at Fox News waiting the moment the plane landed to put it on the air.”
Bursting into a fit of rage once more, Amandi cried “It is the most debasing, and un-American, un-American act of evil that I've seen! It makes me ashamed to be a Floridian under this Governor!”
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MSNBC’s The 11th Hour
9/15/2022
11:38:10 p.m. EasternFERNAND AMANDI: Well first of all Stephanie, I think it's important to clarify the term, political stunt. A political stunt is Doctor Oz running for the Senate in Pennsylvania when he resides in New Jersey. A political stunt is Kanye West running for President. A political stunt is Jared Kushner writing a political book that he thinks anyone would really want to read.
This is not a political stunt. When you look at parents that are bringing their children to this country and a legal process for asylum. And lie to them under false circumstances. And tell them you're taking them somewhere under false pretenses, and using them as props? Stephanie, that is not a political stunt.
That is an act of evil! And it is an act of evil being done by evil men! Who are using children and good faith parents, coming to this country. The land of the free and opportunity. Like my parents did, and grandparents did, and shaming them for political points! In the most cynical calculation Stephanie!
What’s going on here is they're trying to change the conversation from the Dobbs decision, overturning Roe v Wade. And making it about immigration. But it is the most cynical, cheap, and evil tactic. And I don't think it's going to play here in Florida. I think that Ron DeSantis overreached this time!
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AMANDI: I just think it's absurd. This idea that we are going to use people, and human beings that are coming, again in a lawful process to seek asylum from a regime. As political pawns, and political props. That is not what is going on here. It would be one thing if Governor DeSantis or Governor Abbott were acting in good faith. And sitting down with these individuals across the border seeking asylum. Saying where would you want to go? Another area?
But to just cavalierly send them. As Ron DeSantis did with a videographer on the plane so he could capture this. And have his minions at Fox News waiting the moment the plane landed to put it on the air. It is the most debasing, and un-American, un-American act of evil that I've seen! It makes me ashamed to be a Floridian under this Governor!
My parents came in 1962, thanks to President Kennedy and the Governor of Florida who allowed them to come here. They made a successful life. That is part of the reason why I’m on here talking on this network tonight. But to treat these individuals, these people who come here in good faith. As political props? Is evil!
