'We don't want him here': Trump to face protests and skepticism as he visits El Paso and Dayton afte
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Source: Washington Post
The grief and sorrow in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso have begun to give way to anger and frustration in advance of President Trumps planned visits Wednesday, with local leaders and residents increasingly vocal in their assertions that presidential condolences, thoughts and prayers will not be enough.
People are signing petitions, planning protests and, in Dayton, organizing a demonstration featuring an inflated Baby Trump to express their discontent with a president whose anti-immigrant rhetoric was echoed by a gunman who killed 22 people in El Paso. And while the motive of the man who killed nine people in Dayton remains unclear, Trumps silence on the issue of guns has been criticized by local officials who want action to prevent future massacres.
Hes made this bed and hes got to lie in it. His rhetoric has been painful for many in our community, Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley (D) told reporters Tuesday, adding that she supported the planned protests against Trump. Watching the president for the past few years over the issue of guns, I dont think he knows what he believes, frankly.
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Whaley, the Dayton mayor, said she planned to meet with Trump on Wednesday and would absolutely tell him how unhelpful hes been.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/we-dont-want-him-here-trump-to-face-protests-and-skepticism-as-he-visits-el-paso-and-dayton-after-mass-shootings/2019/08/06/55c9b306-b879-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html
tanyev
(42,515 posts)Meadowoak
(5,534 posts)duforsure
(11,884 posts)Dump the Chump. End the mass gun murders, child abuse , child sex trafficing, money laundering, murders, and corruption , rigging our election using foreign enemies, and working for putin. They know video games and mental illness aren't the reason, and just excuses. Get russia out of our government.
2naSalit
(86,318 posts)met with protests using appropriate chanting.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)His itinerary in both cities is an open secret.
He's far too much the coward to face the possibility of any citizen outcry.
smb
(3,471 posts)duhneece
(4,110 posts)I'm about 100 miles north of El Paso, I'm from El Paso...was there for Moral Monday at Borderland last week and the Lights for Liberty the week before. I carry DU with me wherever I go...but especially today.
dhill926
(16,309 posts)Yonnie3
(17,419 posts)Making plans and having discussions about what might happen is not latest breaking news until it happens.
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