Gavin Newsom, kidnapper and human trafficker

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Democrats have gone head-bangingly insane over Ron DeSantis’ brilliant
and compassionate plan to relocate undocumented migrants to locations
yearning to help them breathe free.

It turns out that the “We believe that no human being is illegal” crowd
also believes that these non-illegal human beings should sleep under
bridges in El Paso rather than in hotel rooms in Martha’s Vineyard. As
soon as they showed up, a state of emergency was called and the
military mobilized to round up the inconvenient brown people. They were
shipped off to a military base where no doubt AOC will be photographed
crying for their plight.

You would think they would rally around him for his offering free
transport to sanctuaries for migrants, but apparently they don’t see it
quite like I do. DeSantis has been compared to Adolf Eichman, and Gavin
Newsom has called on the Justice Department to investigate him for
“human trafficking.”

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Newsom thinks he can go toe to toe with DeSantis in political warfare,
but he is proving himself to be more Gomer Pyle than Navy Seal.
Surprise, surprise. surprise!

Newsom thought he dropped a political bomb on DeSantis with his human
trafficking attack–and to be sure, it resonated with the radical Left
base to whom he is appealing. They had been floundering around looking
for an angle that hurt DeSantis but allowed them to cry crocodile tears
of compassion for the poor illegal aliens. Human trafficking
accusations seem perfect.

But oops, it turns out that if the comparison is apt, Newsom engaged in
a bit of human trafficking while Mayor of San Francisco. He instituted
a program that shipped homeless San Franciscans around the country to
get them out of the city. He didn’t rent buses or charter flights, as
evil DeSantis and Abbot did; he compassionately bought bus tickets
before giving homeless folk a swift kick in the butt.

If bussing people out of your state is kidnapping, when are
you going to be charged? pic.twitter.com/zCA5TmjiRw

— Rusty ??? (@rustyweiss74) September 15, 2022

Homeward Bound was a Newsom initiative that was discontinued just this
year in San Francisco, although it appears to have been folded into
other programs. It’s goal is supposedly to help people get out of
homelessness by reconnecting them with families and friends somewhere
far, far away from the city. It sometimes works, but just as often just
dumps the homeless elsewhere.

The data highlight a conundrum for San Francisco: As rents
rise and the homeless population swells, it’s much cheaper to
give someone a bus ticket rather than try to house them here.
But when they leave, how responsible is the city for making
sure they find stability at the other end of their journey?

In the city’s biennial homeless count, San Francisco officials
categorize all Homeward Bound clients as having “exited
homelessness,” regardless of whether they did. City officials —
including the mayor and head of the homelessness department —
also often tout Homeward Bound as a success on par with other
programs that place people into housing, such as permanent
supportive housing and rental assistance.

From 2013 to 2018, the city says it helped 11,031 people “exit
homelessness,” according to the city data. A little more than
half of those people were connected with permanent supportive
housing or Rapid Re-Housing, a federal rental assistance
program.

The rest boarded a Greyhound bus out of the city.

By any serious measure, Homeward Bound has been a total failure. Like
any Gavin Newsom project it appears to be a new, shiny, progressive and
compassionate program that promises sunshine, daisies, and children
running free in meadows. But the reality is that it is all show and no
dough.

In the 14 years since the city created the Homeward Bound
program under then-Mayor Gavin Newsom, San Francisco’s
homeless crisis has indisputably worsened. San Francisco’s
homeless population grew by an estimated 17% over the past two
years, despite the city building supportive housing and
spending more than $285 million annually on the Department of
Homelessness. About $1.2 million of that funding is spent on
Homeward Bound each year.

The average bus ticket and $10 per diem given to someone for
the journey costs the city about $270 per person — far less
than what it would cost to shelter or house them. A bed at a
Navigation Center costs the city about $100 a night.

Clearly this program isn’t about helping homeless folks. It’s about
assuaging the consciences of the Lefties who feel bad about stepping
over sleeping addicts and stepping around piles of human excrement. It
harshes their buzz, man. I stepped in poop while drinking my latte!

Newsom isn’t alone in shipping their homeless US citizens somewhere
else. Mayor Bill de Blasio did exactly the same thing more recently.

Omg!!! “NYC secretly exports homeless to Hawaii and other
states without telling receiving pols
https://t.co/NJBX3wTQYV via @nypmetro

— Janie Johnson – America is Exceptional (@jjauthor)
October 27, 2019

The New York Post had the story from a couple of years ago:

New York City generously shares its homeless crisis with every
corner of America.

From the tropical shores of Honolulu and Puerto Rico, to the
badlands of Utah and backwaters of Louisiana, the Big Apple
has sent local homeless families to 373 cities across the
country with a full year of rent in their pockets as part of
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “Special One-Time Assistance Program.”
Usually, the receiving city knows nothing about it.

Short version: if a Republican does it then he is a Nazi; if a Democrat
does it then we must marvel at his compassion.

Hey…de Blasio has given me an idea that de Santis should consider:
charter a flight for illegals to enjoy the hospitality of the Lefties
in Maui. I bet they would love to host some more visitors, because
diversity is our strength. And indisputably sleeping rough in Maui
would be better than under a bridge in El Paso.

Let’s find out if Leftists think helping people to another of the
world’s great vacation spots is akin to sending them to a concentration
camp.

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Let's go Brandon!