NBC News gutted after deleting tweet with quote comparing Martha's Vineyard migrants to ‘trash’
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Conservatives hounded NBC News for deleting a tweet that featured a quote comparing the migrants relocated to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts to "trash."
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"It’s like me taking my trash out and just driving to different areas where I live and just throwing my trash there," Lefeld told the outlet in order to paint the move, ordered by Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., as a dehumanizing political stunt.
NBC News’ tweet about the story featured Lefeld’s comment front and center, stating, "Florida Gov. DeSantis sending asylum-seekers to Martha’s Vineyard is like ‘me taking my trash out and just driving to different areas where I live and just throwing my trash there,’ a founding member of a foundation which helps refugees says. - @NBCLatino."
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