POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: The political fallout of Martha's Vineyard
View in browser BY LISA KASHINSKY THE POLITICS OF IMMIGRATION — Republican governors shuttling migrants north in protest of President Joe Biden’s immigration policies have largely succeeded in antagonizing the leaders of the blue states and cities they’ve targeted. Not so much in Massachusetts. Democratic governors and mayors have condemned GOP Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas for busing thousands of migrants to Washington, D.C., New York City and Chicago for weeks. Biden on Thursday defended his administration's border policies and decried the Republican governors acting against him as "reckless." Gavin Newsom, the Democratic governor of California, is asking the Department of Justice to investigate whether GOP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flying migrants to Martha's Vineyard was illegal; U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Rachael Rollins is also waiting on word from DOJ. Yet Charlie Baker, the Republican governor of Massachusetts, kept his focus on the ...
