Mayor Durkan: I wasn't invited to White House 'which is just fine'

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan did not go to the White House during this week's trip to the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting, but did not get the chance to spurn an invite and raise a ruckus like New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu.

"I was never invited, which is just fine," Durkan said in a phone interview. "It's my first trip back and I have been able to spend my time meeting with mayors whose cities face challenges similar to Seattle."

President Trump received less than 10 percent of the Emerald City's vote in the 2016 presidential election.

The U.S. Justice Department ramped up its confrontation with 23 self-described sanctuary cities and state (California and Oregon) on Wednesday, firing off a letter threatening to withhold money from those who refuse to knuckle under to Trump administration immigration enforcement.

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