Martha's Vineyard Democratic state rep. tells CNN migrants are being used as 'political pawns'

The Democratic state representative for Martha's Vineyard said the migrants sent to the island by Florida Gov. DeSantis were being used as "political pawns."

Hanna Panreck is an associate editor at Fox News.

"We have, you know, a person here and Republicans who claim to be of the Christian faith, that claim to be wanting to help one another, help the most vulnerable, and to ship families here, children here on a lie and use them as political pawns is a truly inhumane thing to do. What is humane is our local church here, St. Andrew’s parish, that put these people up, that is housing 50 people overnight, that is serving them breakfast this morning. We are helping our neighbors here. We are helping the most vulnerable," he said. 

Fernandez called DeSantis a "coward" and said the "real story" was about how Martha's Vineyard rallied to support the migrants.