New York Times columnist calls DeSantis 'meaner and more rigid without soft edges' of Donald Trump

New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie wrote on Saturday that Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., moving illegal immigrants from his state to Martha’s Vineyard proves that the Republican figure could actually be "meaner" and "more rigid" than former President Trump.

Several media outlets attacked DeSantis after his office revealed that he had transported 50 illegal immigrants from Florida to Martha’s Vineyard in response to the Biden administration’s failure to stop the border crisis.

New York Times journalist and "1619 Project" founder Nikole Hannah-Jones herself suggested that the act denied any sense of "American exceptionalism" in the country anymore.