El Paso congresswoman declines invitation to meet Trump
Rep. Veronica Escobar of El Paso tweeted Tuesday that she declined to meet with President Trump when he comes to the area Wednesday to meet with victims and families of this weekend's shooting. Escobar, a Democrat, wrote she refuses to "join without a dialogue about the pain his racist and hateful words and actions have caused our community and country."
Mr. Trump is visiting El Paso as the city continues to recover after a shooter opened fire at a Walmart on Saturday, killing 22 people and wounding dozens more. The Justice Department said it is treating the incident as domestic terrorism.
The 21-year-old suspect in Saturday's shooting is believed to have written a racist screed expressing support for the Christchurch, New Zealand, shooting and denouncing the increasing Hispanic population in Texas.
"We have been talked about a lot by the president. We have been ground zero for the Trump administration's anti-immigrant agenda," Escobar told CBS News. "That means we've been in the news a lot."
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Deny him his photo op.