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The Repuke Mayor of El Paso (Original Post) montanacowboy Aug 2019 OP
Photo op MFM008 Aug 2019 #1
I thought I was hearing it incorrectly. BigmanPigman Aug 2019 #2
Nan Whaley was asked when the President was coming. True Blue American Aug 2019 #4
Mayor of Dayton said that about Toledo Srkdqltr Aug 2019 #7
Yes. True Blue American Aug 2019 #9
Dump doesn't have the balls to show his face there. onecaliberal Aug 2019 #3
CNN reporting montanacowboy Aug 2019 #5
Someone should round up SoCalNative Aug 2019 #6
Better yet--offer him a cup of Roundup to drink DFW Aug 2019 #14
Ryan has been there all day. True Blue American Aug 2019 #11
There is no way he should be allowed anywhere near there. onecaliberal Aug 2019 #20
of course Dee Margo invited Trump agingdem Aug 2019 #8
To be fair, the mayor did not invite him, Trump just said he was DeminPennswoods Aug 2019 #21
the mayor of el paso is a repbub? pangaia Aug 2019 #10
Yes. former9thward Aug 2019 #13
I'd be incredibly surprised to see him go 2020Junker Aug 2019 #12
Weird. Trump and Margo had a very public disagreement about the efficacy of the border wall PA Democrat Aug 2019 #15
Bullshit.. He's lying through his teeth.. DUH, his mouth was open... pangaia Aug 2019 #16
I know. So why in the world would the mayor want Trump there? PA Democrat Aug 2019 #18
good question..... pangaia Aug 2019 #19
He doesn't want Trump there, but since Trump has decided DeminPennswoods Aug 2019 #22
If I were him, I think I would steer clear of El Paso for a while. smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #17

True Blue American

(17,981 posts)
4. Nan Whaley was asked when the President was coming.
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 06:20 PM
Aug 2019

She said she had not heard from him, but thought sometime this week. Maybe he is going to Toledo, I don’t know! Smirk.

SoCalNative

(4,613 posts)
6. Someone should round up
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 06:26 PM
Aug 2019

all of the rotten fruit and vegetables in town and find people to line the motorcade route to throw it at him

DFW

(54,256 posts)
14. Better yet--offer him a cup of Roundup to drink
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 06:50 PM
Aug 2019

After all, Monsanto keeps insisting how safe it is

True Blue American

(17,981 posts)
11. Ryan has been there all day.
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 06:33 PM
Aug 2019

Sherrod all day yesterday. DeWine booed at the vigil last night as he tried to speak.

Where is Gym? Anyone seen him?

agingdem

(7,803 posts)
8. of course Dee Margo invited Trump
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 06:29 PM
Aug 2019

he's a trump sycophant...Margo said he is "gearing up for 20 funerals" and invites that guy who incited this carnage to "bring us together"... "gear up" WTF!!

DeminPennswoods

(15,264 posts)
21. To be fair, the mayor did not invite him, Trump just said he was
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 08:51 PM
Aug 2019

coming. The mayor gave a very carefully worded statement saying "the office of the Mayor of El Paso" is welcoming the "office of the President". Apparently during Trump's Feb visit, the mayor refused to attend.

former9thward

(31,918 posts)
13. Yes.
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 06:44 PM
Aug 2019

In the last election (2017) two Republicans ran against each other. Democrats did not have a candidate to run.

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)
15. Weird. Trump and Margo had a very public disagreement about the efficacy of the border wall
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 07:02 PM
Aug 2019

earlier this year. I can't imagine why Margo would want Trump there.

President Donald Trump in his State of the Union address help up El Paso, Texas as an example of how a border barrier (in this case, a fence) can reduce crime. After the address, the Mayor of El Paso, Republican Dee Margo, contradicted the President.

In his rally from the city on Monday night, Trump struck back, saying the mayor, and fact-checking websites, are “full of crap.”

“I’ve been hearing a lot of things, ‘Oh, the wall didn’t make that much of a difference.’ Do you know where it made a big difference? Right here in El Paso,” Trump told the boisterous crowd, to even more cheers and applause.

“And I’ve been watching where they’ve been trying to say ‘oh, the wall didn’t make that much’,” he said, obviously referring to both the mayor and the media. Trump said he’s spoken to people who have been in the city a long time and they tell him “when that wall went up, it’s a whole different ball game.”


https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-stands-by-remarks-on-el-paso-border-security-after-fact-checks-rebuke-from-mayor-theyre-full-of-crap/

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
16. Bullshit.. He's lying through his teeth.. DUH, his mouth was open...
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 07:08 PM
Aug 2019
Trump said he’s spoken to people who have been in the city a long time and they tell him “when that wall went up, it’s a whole different ball game.”

Bullshit.. He's lying through his teeth.. DUH, his mouth was open...


PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)
18. I know. So why in the world would the mayor want Trump there?
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 07:53 PM
Aug 2019

Trump mocked Margo and told Margo he was "full of crap" when he refuted Trump's claim that the wall had made a big difference in crime.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
17. If I were him, I think I would steer clear of El Paso for a while.
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 07:28 PM
Aug 2019

He is NOT going to be welcomed there with anything except rage and hostility. It is almost certain that the gunman was inspired by Trump to commit the massacre where he did.

He has some nerve showing up there. Especially when he still owes the city around $470,000 from the last time he darkened their doorstep.

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