Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said he doesn’t agree with sending illegal immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard and Washington, D.C., but he understands the political reasoning behind the efforts of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to draw more attention to the border crisis.
“It’s a horrible idea,” Flynn told The Epoch Times in an interview preceding a Republican fundraiser in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Sept. 18.
“I think that we should be sending all these illegals back across the border. I understand the [political] tactics … but essentially all they’re doing is exacerbating the problem. We have to quit playing games when it comes to the invasion of our country along our southern border,” he said….