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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,972 posts)
Thu Aug 8, 2019, 06:06 PM Aug 2019

Trump Comes to Console. El Paso Says No Thanks.

Better yet, no thanks asshole.

EL PASO — Earlier this year in his State of the Union address, President Trump described to the nation how the Texas border city of El Paso once had “extremely high rates of violent crime” and was considered “one of our nation’s most dangerous cities.” Then he turned it into the living argument for his border wall.

“With a powerful barrier in place,” he went on, “El Paso is one of the safest cities in our country. Simply put, walls work and walls save lives.”

In this West Texas border city, founded 360 years ago as an outpost of the Spanish empire, those words festered. So did words Mr. Trump repeated at a rally he held on the city’s outskirts a few weeks later. “Murders, murders, murders,” he said, in reference to immigrants, as the crowd chanted, “Build the wall!”

For many in El Paso, the potentially devastating consequences of the anger over immigration and race became apparent this weekend, when 22 people were killed at a Walmart and the white suspect warned of a “Hispanic invasion,” plunging the city into mourning. So Mr. Trump returned — this time to say he wanted to help the city grieve.

But rarely in recent memory has a relationship between a president and a city been so fraught. As Mr. Trump arrived here on Wednesday to try to meet the victims, protesters gathered at a memorial outside the scene of the carnage, many angry at the president’s visit.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-comes-to-console-el-paso-says-no-thanks/ar-AAFu7QW?li=BBnb7Kz
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Trump Comes to Console. El Paso Says No Thanks. (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2019 OP
Wow, what a change in a few days.......... MyOwnPeace Aug 2019 #1

MyOwnPeace

(16,926 posts)
1. Wow, what a change in a few days..........
Thu Aug 8, 2019, 06:12 PM
Aug 2019

Just think, less than 2 weeks ago it seemed that Baltimore was the city that had the biggest gripe again IQ45.
Then, thanks to a Trumpkin who chose to deliver a message, El Paso is now the focus center (sorry, Dayton and Toledo......).

Can't wait to see who Faux Spews suggests for his next target.....................

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