Just so we can deal with the reality of the situation and not only the "feels", the people who were transported were gathered from Texas, not Florida. Abbot is trying hard to distance himself from this given the public response it is creating.

What is DeSantis doing rounding up asylum seekers in Texas and why would he send them anywhere without giving some state or federal agencies a heads up? He simply wanted to put himself out there as a "decider and person of action" which is in the Trump mold and an obvious PR ploy to position himself as a candidate. This type of stunting is what appeals to the base conservative voter who has no desire to validate their assumptions any more than you did.