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El Paso's Republican mayor slams Trump on Mexico
CNN ^
| June 22. 2018
| Melissa Mahtani
Posted on 01/28/2019 6:00:30 AM PST by gattaca
The reality of life on the US-Mexico border is not what President Trump is describing from Washington, according to the mayor of El Paso, Texas. Dee Margo, a Republican, said there's a vibrant relationship between his city -- the largest on that border -- and Juarez, Mexico.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; ciudadjuarez; deemargo; elpaso; gopestablishment; illegals; margo; rino
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This is old but I thought I would post.
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posted on
01/28/2019 6:00:30 AM PST
by
gattaca
To: gattaca
A vibrant trade in drugs and humans ...
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posted on
01/28/2019 6:06:36 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: PIF
I wonder how much the cartels are funneling to the mayor?
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posted on
01/28/2019 6:08:45 AM PST
by
Russ
(I)
To: gattaca
That’s easy to say when you have a wall and have had it for may years.
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posted on
01/28/2019 6:09:06 AM PST
by
tiki
To: gattaca
Says the guy in the city with a border wall
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posted on
01/28/2019 6:11:19 AM PST
by
McGavin999
(Border security without a wall is like having a Ring doorbell without a door)
To: gattaca
vibrant relationship He must be referring to the stray rounds hitting the courthouse.
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posted on
01/28/2019 6:13:22 AM PST
by
SanchoP
(Why do Democrats hate Americans so much ?)
To: Russ
I wonder how much the cartels are funneling to the mayor?
Just a small portion of what they are paying various Democrats in Congress
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posted on
01/28/2019 6:17:52 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: gattaca
There are about 3 million Mexicans with Border Crossing Cards (BCC). They go back and forth on a daily basis, many spending money in the US. There are economic reasons for the mayor to cozy up to the Mexicans.
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posted on
01/28/2019 6:18:30 AM PST
by
kabar
To: McGavin999
Flake is a “republican” too.
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posted on
01/28/2019 6:19:59 AM PST
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: McGavin999
And the guy that is mayor of a city the is next to a Mexican city that is often off limits to military personnel due to murder, drugs, prostitution. Yup, Juarez is a great place. Do they still have the donkey show?
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posted on
01/28/2019 6:25:28 AM PST
by
MPJackal
("From my cold dead hands.")
To: MPJackal
My sister plays in the El Paso symphony, and they used to play in Juarez, until 1-2 years ago, when they stopped, because it was just too dangerous. Yeh, real nice place.
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posted on
01/28/2019 6:32:13 AM PST
by
SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: gattaca
One time when I was down their in the 90s, a news story was about the PD locating a large number of brand new police cars stolen before they were even assigned. They found them south of the border repainted for the a police force in Mexico.
Vibrant? If we had a real FBI the finances of all those borders politician would be investigated for any "vibrant" cash arrangements with cartels and/or other foreign sources.
For this mayor in particularly, if he finds it “virtually impossible to tell where El Paso ends and Juarez begins” he should be impeached and barred from holding public office.
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posted on
01/28/2019 6:40:17 AM PST
by
drpix
To: PIF; gattaca
No surprise here. This guy is an old friend and ally of the Bush family, who are as bad as any Democrat on immigration.
Margo and other open borders Republicans should ask themselves why zip codes closest to the US-Mexico borders invariably have the lowest incomes, some of the highest welfare dependence, and some of the worst school performance of any in the US. Must be that "vibrant" culture he's talking about...
To: Russ
To: gattaca
In the last week, wasnt there just an alert to Americans NOT to travel to Juarez?
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posted on
01/28/2019 6:49:52 AM PST
by
originalbuckeye
('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
To: originalbuckeye
For years, Juarez has been the world’s murder capital. The only reason we don’t hear much about it now is that it has recnetly been surpassed by even worse places like Guatemala City, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa (who are also sending use “migrants” in droves).
To: originalbuckeye
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posted on
01/28/2019 6:57:35 AM PST
by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: ek_hornbeck
As long as the whorehouses stay open, everything is copacetic.
To: ek_hornbeck
The smallish city I live in is surrounded by small towns just full of that vibrant culture. We have a friend who owns a restaurant in one. We make sure were gone before dark.
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posted on
01/28/2019 6:58:00 AM PST
by
sheana
To: kabar
Only 3 million?
When we moved from El Paso in 2015 my bride decided to have a yard sale.She sets the sale for 8AM and goes to put out signs around 6:30. Three carloads of Juariners follow her home and it's on.
I'm having large fun watching them tie her in knots from the kitchen window (she speaks no Spanish) until a few decide to "check out the house" and I have to get involved.
All's well that ends well. I talked one guy into hauling off all the junk in my garage for an old refrigerator. (This guy gets on the phone and two pickups show up in 5 mins. 15 mins later my garage is cleaned out.)
We made a little money,I got a major headache resolved and it was hilarious watching them put a well organized "bums rush" on my unsuspecting bride.
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posted on
01/28/2019 7:04:47 AM PST
by
SanchoP
(Why do Democrats hate Americans so much ?)
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