Kamala Harris Calls Texas Gov. Abbott’s Busing of Migrants Across Country ‘Dereliction of Duty’ (Video)

“If you see a problem and if you agree that we need to address it, then if you’re a leader, participate in a solution,” Harris said on “Late Night with Seth Meyers”

Vice president Kamala Harris made her first late night appearance since taking office on Monday night on “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” and on the subject of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott busing migrants to Washington D.C., Harris called his actions a “dereliction of duty.”

“We’re talking about people who have fled great harm and they’re coming here seeking refuge – and talk about political theater,” Harris said. “Playing games with people’s lives. There are mothers with sleeping babies getting off those buses.”

Harris continued, saying Abbott should be part of the solution, not engaging in games with peoples’ lives.

“I just think it’s an absolute dereliction of duty. If you see a problem and if you agree that we need to address it, then if you’re a leader, participate in a solution,” she said. “When we first came in office, the first bill that we proposed was for a pathway for citizenship. [It] was to fix a broken immigration system, which was broken under the previous administration. Participate in the solution, because we are offering solutions. But instead this gamesmanship with real human beings who trust us.”

Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have come under fire for transporting migrants up north in acts of political theater. When DeSantis flew migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, California Gov. Gavin Newsom formally asked the Department of Justice to begin an investigation into “these inhumane efforts to use kids as political pawns.”

Watch Harris’ comments in the video above.

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