Dayton Mayor Whaley: I like this lady!

[madaboutharry]

She is giving a news conference right now and isn't pulling any punches!

She just said that she has every intention of telling President Trump exactly what is on her mind concerning his comments and conduct.

She is a strong woman.

[uponit7771]

1. K&R, He'll call her nasty or some other dumb shit

[madaboutharry]

3. Being called a "Nasty Woman" by Trump is a Badge of Honor!

She will join an honorable list.

[wryter2000]

4. He'll probably call her ugly

Attractiveness is the only way he evaluates women.

[cwydro]

10. I don't find her ugly at all.

That would make no sense.

[wryter2000]

13. It doesn't have to make sense

He's just a misogynist creep.

[True Dough]

6. Oh yeah. We can be sure of that.

She'll get similar treatment to the mayor of San Jose, Carmen Yulin Cruz.

[MoonRiver]

2. I do too. She has no problem speaking truth to power!

[gratuitous]

5. I'll bet a shiny nickel that Trump doesn't meet with her

Trump will find someone in Dayton to meet with who still likes him or who will bow down before him. Doesn't sound like Mayor Whaley fits that bill, so Trump will find a way to avoid meeting with her. Or, if he does get in the same space with the mayor, it will be a tightly scripted availability where he's the only one who talks.

[mopinko]

7. he'll bring a little posse.

he will find a bunch of complicit knuckle draggers to flood the zone.

eta- even if he has to pay them. i mean actually pay them, not just hire them and stiff them.

[madinmaryland]

8. I assume mike turner (US rep) will be there. Also Mike DeWine.

[MyOwnPeace]

11. They'll find a "loyal Trumper"

you know, like this one - she's SPECIAL!!!!!!

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/05/ohio-gop-leader-tells-lawmaker-resign-over-dayton-shooting-post/1925234001/

[Pacifist Patriot]

9. Excellent! Did you see what the Mayor of Toledo wrote?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/06/toledo-mayor-trump-didnt-mean-pray-my-city-i-pray-washington/

Wade Kapszukiewicz, a Democrat, is the mayor of Toledo.

President Trump misspoke, of course, when he offered prayers for Toledo instead of Dayton, Ohio, where a gunman opened fire and killed nine people on Sunday. We all make mistakes from time to time. Nevertheless, Toledo is happy to accept his prayers, even if they were meant for Dayton. As mayor, my prayer is that our leaders in Washington finally summon the courage to do something — frankly, anything — to stop the senseless mass slaughter that continues to occur with regularity in our communities.

We remain the only developed country where mass shootings are a common occurrence. Why do we allow this to happen? We are the greatest nation on Earth, and we can do anything when we put our minds to it. Americans are desperate for a solution. If only our leaders in Washington felt the same urgency.....

(After the synagogue murders in Pittsburgh, the city of Toledo announced it would only purchase weapons and ammunition from responsible gun manufacturers.)

Every year, the city of Toledo spends about $150,000 on ammunition, firearms and firearms replacement parts. I realize that is not a lot of money to a gun company. That is why Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley and I are working with the U.S. Conference of Mayors to expand the reach of Toledo’s pilot program. At our summer conference in June, the conference adopted a resolution urging cities to use their purchasing power to invest in smart gun technologies and apply market pressure on gun companies. So while the big gun companies wouldn’t miss the $150,000 in business from Toledo, they would take notice if tens of millions of dollars in business from America’s cities were at stake. I realize this policy is not going to solve the problem of gun violence overnight. But it is a step in the right direction. And unlike the inaction that has crippled Washington, at least it is something."

[PA Democrat]

12. Glad to see these mayors taking action where Republican national leaders

are too busy doing the NRA's bidding.