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El Paso Mayor Dee Margo told PBS’s “Frontline” this week that Trump called him a “RINO” in private after visiting the city where a gunman killed 22 people earlier this month. The term means “Republican in Name Only.”
Margo said Trump made the comment after he corrected the president’s “misinformation” about the border city’s violent crime rate — an issue the pair has sparred over before.
In February, Trump falsely suggested a border barrier caused a sharp drop in El Paso’s crime. But there’s no proof that the city’s decline in violent crime was due to the wall as it was in line with a similar trend nationwide.