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Trump Plans Visits to El Paso and Dayton

August 6, 2019 · 8:59 am ET · Leave a Comment

“President Trump is preparing to visit El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, on Wednesday, appearances that will not be universally welcome as the two cities grieve from weekend mass shootings that left 31 dead and many others injured and rattled,” the Washington Post reports.

“The White House has not officially announced the visits, but the president’s plans were confirmed by officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.”

Beto O’Rourke on Twitter: “This president, who helped create the hatred that made Saturday’s tragedy possible, should not come to El Paso. We do not need more division. We need to heal. He has no place here.”

City Hall Dayton, El Paso

Bonus Quote of the Day

August 5, 2019 · 2:03 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“I’ve heard that he’s coming Wednesday but I have not gotten a call. And you know he might be going to Toledo, I don’t know.”

— Dayton, OH Mayor Nan Whaley, quoted by The Hill, on President Trump mistakenly referring to the mass shooting in Dayton as having taken place in Toledo.

City Hall Dayton

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