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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEl Paso Texas was our most dangerous city???
He is conflicting it with Ciudad Juarez. El Paso is very peaceful.
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El Paso Texas was our most dangerous city??? (Original Post)
El Supremo
Feb 2019
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Claritie Pixie
(2,199 posts)1. El Paso is one of the safest cities in the US.
madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)2. Did he actually say that? WTF?
agingdem
(7,845 posts)3. Bullshit!
I lived in El Paso for almost 70 years...El Paso has always been a safe city.. WTF is that Orange Anus talking about?!!
Quixote1818
(28,928 posts)4. El Paso is often ranked the safest city in the country. See link
Eugene
(61,872 posts)5. Just fact checked by CNN: False!
According to The El Paso Times and FBI data, violent crime in El Paso peaked in 1993.
1993-2006, crime went way down.
Construction on the barrier began in 2006 and finished in 2008.
Crime ticked UPWARDS after 2008.
CNN's verdict: "That's an easy one. False."
peggysue2
(10,828 posts)6. He was talking about San Diego and then
flipped over to El Paso as if they were both the same. That was an odd moment. Among many.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)7. People in El Paso make and eat good chilli and other Mexican dishes.
Maybe Trump was thinking about what happens when he eats KFC.