MSNBC contributor Elie Mystal recently had a strong reaction to Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) sending illegal immigrants on planes and busses to other cities. Conservative radio host Mike Gallagher was dumbfounded by Mystal’s comments.
“Listen to this whackjob over on MSNBC,” Gallagher began. “Somebody named Elie Mystal, who’s one of the superstars over at MSNBC. They trot this guy out all the time on MSNBC. You gotta listen carefully to his unhinged response over Martha’s Vineyard and Washington D.C. crumbling because a couple of busloads or plane loads of illegals ‘this is actual kidnapping. You can’t put illegals on an air conditioned bus or a plane for D.C. or Martha’s Vineyard. It’s cruelty. It’s kidnapping.'”
Gallagher then played a clip of Mystal on MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan Show where The Nation writer said sending migrants in busses and airplanes to locations under false pretenses was kidnapping. He compared the events to telling your children you were taking them to Disney World but then visiting Busch Gardens and Colonial Williamsburg instead.
“I give you my word, I’m promising you, that’s an actual news clip from MSNBC. That’s an actual Democrat pundit named Elie Mystal saying if you take kids to Busch Gardens after promising them a trip to Disney World, that is kidnapping.”
