Posted on 07/02/2019 3:08:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Homelessness has made encampments a familiar sight across Southern California, and with people living on the streets come problems like sidewalks being used as bathrooms, rat infestations and diseases. In an interview with Fox News from Osaka, Japan, the president agreed the “filth” in American cities was “very sad.”
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti responded to Trump’s remarks Tuesday during an appearance on KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO, where he said he was actually encouraged by the president’s attention to the issue.
“Any day the president is talking about homelessness is a good day,” Garcetti said. “The only thing I would correct him on … is that he said this started two years ago. … It’s been something that’s been decades in the making, and I welcome federal help. To me this is going to require all hands. I think people are so sick of the political games. So if he (Trump) wants to roll up our sleeves and meet us, I’m ready.”
Pressed on whether he was inviting the president to walk the streets of Los Angeles, Garcetti said, “Absolutely. I would be more than happy to do that.”
HUH?...It’s a STATE problem.
What a good idea. I’m sure he’ll do an absolutely spectacular job. Why didn’t anyone think of this sooner?
Agreed. Local problem, in fact.
A few years ago they built apartment building specifically for the homeless, where they could live for free. But one of the conditions was: no drugs.
The homeless didn’t like that, they preferred to live on the street and continue using drugs.
You cannot help those who don’t want to be helped.
By doing what?
He should send them a few million illegals. Libs say how productive they are, so that should solve all their problems.
Homelessness is a choice.
If you like how Kommiela represents Mexifornia,you’re gonna love her being President. I hope she wins the nomination. It’ll be another creative campaign that will crash and burn on the rocks of reality.
If we deported a million illegals from California, they would have enough housing for everyone who is here legally.
Give them all one way tickets to France or Germany. I hear they actually want to be invaded.
Puerto Rico is in need of re-population. Let’s send them all there
Maybe Trump sees the Veteran component of the homeless so he wants to address the problem, in general (?).
Why? Let the liberals clean up the mess they caused.
Homelessness?
Actually it started when Obama became president.
The first wave was the Democrat Occupy derelicts who took up one of our public parks and the City could do absolutely nothing about it because the ACLU kept on suing every time they tried to remove them or arrest them.
After several months of this, the rest of the scum, derelicts and drug addicts realized the government had no power to enforce any of its laws on vagrancy, panhandling, crapping on the sidewalk, or anything else.
Now we have thousands of the walking dead all over the place.
Illegal Alien-ness is also a choice. But the Uniparty Congress thinks it’s a Constitutional civil right. Trump can’t do anything the deep state and John Roberts won’t let him do.
It’s not a homeless problem, it is a drug problem. Ninety percent plus of these people are drug addicts or have burned their brains out on drugs.
Send them to guatamala.
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