DeSantis, Abbott, and Youngkin offer a new model of conservative leadership

Facing a Biden administration that is responsible for a record level of illegal border crossings, a stunning policy failure in which border communities have been largely abandoned by the federal government, two red-state governors have said enough is enough.

By moving migrants from border areas to elite liberal enclaves and “sanctuary cities,” Govs. Greg Abbott (R-TX) and Ron DeSantis (R-FL) are relocating the immigration crisis to the lawns of those who created and have too long tolerated it. Former President Donald Trump is all about himself, and therefore, his loud gestures were also about himself. In contrast, Abbott and DeSantis are taking their legitimate arguments to Democratic heartlands in an original and politically savvy way.