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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,101 posts) Fri Aug 16, 2019, 12:37 PM Aug 2019

El Paso's GOP mayor says Trump insulted him after visiting mass shooting victims

The Republican mayor of El Paso, Texas, said that President Donald Trump mocked him as a fake Republican last week during his visit to the border city following a deadly mass shooting there.

Dee Margo told PBS' "Frontline" in an interview - excerpts of which were published Wednesday - that Trump called him a RINO, a derisive moniker meaning "Republican in Name Only," when the two met after the president visited hospital staff and shooting survivors. The shooting, which targeted Latino immigrants, left 22 people dead and dozens injured earlier this month.

According to Margo, Trump was still steaming over a back-and-forth they had in February over his long-promised wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

“He said, ‘You’re a RINO,’ and I said, ‘No sir, I’m not a RINO, I simply corrected the misinformation you were given by our attorney general, and that’s all I did,’” Margo told "Frontline," adding that the president grinned when the mayor pushed back against the nickname.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/el-pasos-gop-mayor-says-trump-insulted-him-after-visiting-mass-shooting-victims/ar-AAFRo5s?li=BBnb7Kz

While in El Paso Trump behaved like an asshole.

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El Paso's GOP mayor says Trump insulted him after visiting mass shooting victims (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2019 OP

And you will still vote for him. Iliyah Aug 2019 #1

I dunno, this mayor was already angry over the half million yellowdogintexas Aug 2019 #2

He's an asshole wherever he is. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #3

Is he actually surprised? Downtown Hound Aug 2019 #4

I wonder how many other cities he's refused to pay? Frustratedlady Aug 2019 #5

According to this article, 10 cities mnhtnbb Aug 2019 #7

That is ridiculous. The party is just as much to blame as Trump. Frustratedlady Aug 2019 #8

Coming from Trump, that may be praise. keithbvadu2 Aug 2019 #6

"in El Paso" - and every other place. UTUSN Aug 2019 #9

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

1. And you will still vote for him.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Aug 16, 2019, 12:42 PM

Aug 2019

yellowdogintexas

(22,270 posts)

2. I dunno, this mayor was already angry over the half million

Reply to Iliyah (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 16, 2019, 12:56 PM

Aug 2019

dollars the Trump Campaign owes El Paso. This stunt would not help.

rzemanfl

(29,565 posts)

3. He's an asshole wherever he is. n/t

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Aug 16, 2019, 01:03 PM

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Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)

4. Is he actually surprised?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Aug 16, 2019, 01:38 PM

Aug 2019

What would be newsworthy is if Trump didn't insult him or anybody else.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)

5. I wonder how many other cities he's refused to pay?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Aug 16, 2019, 05:38 PM

Aug 2019

He's famous for that.

mnhtnbb

(31,397 posts)

7. According to this article, 10 cities

Reply to Frustratedlady (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 16, 2019, 11:13 PM

Aug 2019

are owed money from the Trump campaign.

rally in Lebanon, Ohio, in October. Apparently, his campaign didn’t love them enough to even bother to respond to a $16,191 bill for city police and other safety costs, according to the report by the nonprofit CPI in conjunction with NBC and CNBC.

The expenses can be significant, especially for smaller towns like Lebanon, population 21,000. The Trump campaign bill would cover two days of police force operations there, according to CPI.

The Trump campaign owes a total of $841,219 to cities from Burlington, Vermont, to Green Bay and Eau Claire in Wisconsin, Mesa, Arizona, and Spokane, Washington, according to invoices. The largest bill — $470,000 — was for El Paso for a February rally, including $381,000 for extra police and $61,000 for fire department services. Erie, Pennsylvania; Billings, Montana; and Tucson, Arizona, are also still waiting for payment.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/campaign-rally-bills-trump-10-cities_n_5d02e5a6e4b0304a120c9a1c

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)

8. That is ridiculous. The party is just as much to blame as Trump.

Reply to mnhtnbb (Reply #7)

Sat Aug 17, 2019, 07:05 AM

Aug 2019

There should be some remedy for the cities. If he hasn't paid a city, they should be allowed to reject his rally or to not supply security unless he pays the old invoice and the new. None of our cities can afford that kind of abuse.

keithbvadu2

(36,853 posts)

6. Coming from Trump, that may be praise.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Aug 16, 2019, 11:06 PM

Aug 2019

Coming from Trump, that may be praise.

Some falsely deny that Trump is a republican

Selected as a republican at the republican convention.
Ran as a republican.
Elected as a republican by the EC.
Acknowledged as the republican leader.

Certainly not an old style republican with morals, honor, ethics and integrity.
Those folks are gone.

But he's a republican.

UTUSN

(70,720 posts)

9. "in El Paso" - and every other place.

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Sat Aug 17, 2019, 07:20 AM

Aug 2019

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