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Posted on 04/02/2016 8:33:19 AM PDT by conservativejoy
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump may want to avoid West Hollywood when he campaigns in California ahead of the state's potentially decisive June 7 primary.
Lindsey Horvath, the mayor of West Hollywood, Calif., which is located in the heart of Los Angeles County and home to a sizable population of gay men, penned a letter to Trump this week explaining that he is unwelcome in her city.
"With the primary making its way to California, as West Hollywood's Mayor, I want to make very clear that your campaign of violence and intimidation is not welcome in our City," she wrote in the letter.
"From mocking people living with disabilities to classifying entire ethnicities as violent criminals to persecuting specific religious communities, Trump has pursued headlines in this election season with reckless abandon," Horvath later explained in an op-ed for the Advocate.
Horvath, an outspoken LGBT activist and West Hollywood's youngest elected mayor, described herself as "deeply disturbed" by Trump, who she claimed has "gone beyond [his] right to express a political point of view or policy differences."
"As Mayor of West Hollywood, it is my primary responsibility to keep our community safe," she wrote in an email to the Washington Examiner.
According to Horvath, West Hollywood was previously welcomed politicians from both parties to hold campaign events in the city. "[But] those same Horvath courtesies will not be extended to the Trump campaign," she claims.
The 34-year-old mayor has already instructed City staff that they are able to refuse to issue special events permits to Trump should he attempt to schedule a rally in the Los Angeles County city, and "such actions are well with [their] right[s]," Horvath told the Examiner.
With a little over two months left to go until Trump competes in California's Republican primary, Horvath has also called on the other 87 mayors in Los Angeles County to follow suit and block the billionaire from campaigning in their cities.
A University of Southern California/Los Angeles Times survey released last Sunday showed Trump polling just 7 percentage points ahead of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in the Golden State. California awards 172 delegates, the most of any state, on a proportional basis to the winner of is Republican primary.
The 34-year-old mayor has already instructed City staff that they are able to refuse to issue special events permits to Trump should he attempt to schedule a rally in the Los Angeles County city, and "such actions are well with [their] right[s]," ...Horvath has also called on the other 87 mayors in Los Angeles County to follow suit and block the billionaire from campaigning in their cities.Mayor Horvath has the full-throated support of every Trump-bashing FINO.
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“”From mocking people living with disabilities to classifying entire ethnicities as violent criminals to persecuting specific religious communities, Trump has pursued headlines in this election season with reckless abandon,” Horvath later explained in an op-ed for the Advocate.””
YADA YADA YADA!!! Are you sure you didn’t miss an insult/offense, sweetie?
“”Horvath, an outspoken LGBT activist and West Hollywood’s youngest elected mayor, described herself as “deeply disturbed” by Trump, who she claimed has “gone beyond [his] right to express a political point of view or policy differences.””
She can stop at DEEPLY DISTURBED!!! “Gone beyond” - is she serious? Since when does anyone in this country have any RIGHT to tell someone else they have “gone beyond” their rights?
No way. Once they find how how much he loves the LGBT community, they’ll soften their attitude.
Trump is lucky, no one in their right mind would step into homo AIDSville
Should he decide to do so, how would she stop him?
He ain't diverse; he's white.
OOPS! That was still on the clipboard. What didn't copy was Embrace diversity. Isn’t that one of the left’s mantras?
He ain't diverse; he's white.
Not guilty, and lib chicks are the easy ones!
LOL one way to help pay for his campaign ;)
I think they have to have a permit to have an event. I don’t agree with this mayor. I can understand security concerns, but I think that cities should let the campaigns know that increased security costs will be billed to the campaigns. Tax payers should not have to pay for it.
I spent 3 weeks in West Hollywood in 2007. The area I was in was nice. The part you are describing sounds like downtown San Francisco.
Off Santa Monica Boulevard and Las Palmas right across from the gay and lesbian center
Gay and Lesbian center sounds just awful. Yep, just like downtown San Francisco.
Perfect place for Syrian Refugees
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