People who live on the border in El Paso share the truth.
El Paso officials denounce Trump's border comments ahead of his 1st 2019 campaign rally
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During his State of the Union address last week, Trump claimed El Paso has become one of the safest cities in America because of a barrier fence, igniting a firestorm of reactions from state and local representatives.
"The border city of El Paso, Texas, used to have extremely high rates of violent crime -- one of the highest in the country, and considered one of our nation's most dangerous cities," Trump said. "Now, with a powerful barrier in place, El Paso is one of our safest cities."
Hours later, the El Paso County sheriff denounced the president's remarks.
"It is sad to hear President Trump state falsehoods about El Paso, Texas, in an attempt to justify the building of a 2,000-mile wall," Sheriff Richard Wiles told ABC News. "While it is true that El Paso is one of the safest cities in the nation, it has never been considered one of our nation's most dangerous cities. And El Paso was a safe city long before any wall was built."
El Paso Mayor Dee Margo slammed the president on Twitter: "El Paso was NEVER one of the MOST dangerous cities in the US. We've had a fence for 10 years and it has impacted illegal immigration and curbed criminal activity. It is NOT the sole deterrent. Law enforcement in our community continues to keep us safe."
El Paso officials denounce Trump's border comments ahead of his 1st 2019 campaign rally
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Trump has had a very rough time using facts to defend his reasoning to build a wall, so he has resorted to misrepresentation of facts, exaggerations and just plain lies.
All of this just because he wants to keep a campaign promise. The big exception Trump has consistently leaves out, is that Mexico was going to pay for the wall.
In his quest to get his wall, he makes innocent citizens pay for not getting his wall via the government shutdown.
The wall wasn't even a Trump idea!
“Roger Stone and I came up with the idea of ‘the Wall,’ and we talked to Steve [Bannon] about it,” according to Nunberg. “It was to make sure he [Trump] talked about immigration.” Sam Nunberg
Where The Idea For Donald Trump's Wall Came From
This whole wall thing, is another attempt of Trump to rule by fear using lies and mischaracterization of facts.
El Paso officials denounce Trump's border comments ahead of his 1st 2019 campaign rally
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During his State of the Union address last week, Trump claimed El Paso has become one of the safest cities in America because of a barrier fence, igniting a firestorm of reactions from state and local representatives.
"The border city of El Paso, Texas, used to have extremely high rates of violent crime -- one of the highest in the country, and considered one of our nation's most dangerous cities," Trump said. "Now, with a powerful barrier in place, El Paso is one of our safest cities."
Hours later, the El Paso County sheriff denounced the president's remarks.
"It is sad to hear President Trump state falsehoods about El Paso, Texas, in an attempt to justify the building of a 2,000-mile wall," Sheriff Richard Wiles told ABC News. "While it is true that El Paso is one of the safest cities in the nation, it has never been considered one of our nation's most dangerous cities. And El Paso was a safe city long before any wall was built."
El Paso Mayor Dee Margo slammed the president on Twitter: "El Paso was NEVER one of the MOST dangerous cities in the US. We've had a fence for 10 years and it has impacted illegal immigration and curbed criminal activity. It is NOT the sole deterrent. Law enforcement in our community continues to keep us safe."
El Paso officials denounce Trump's border comments ahead of his 1st 2019 campaign rally
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Trump has had a very rough time using facts to defend his reasoning to build a wall, so he has resorted to misrepresentation of facts, exaggerations and just plain lies.
All of this just because he wants to keep a campaign promise. The big exception Trump has consistently leaves out, is that Mexico was going to pay for the wall.
In his quest to get his wall, he makes innocent citizens pay for not getting his wall via the government shutdown.
The wall wasn't even a Trump idea!
“Roger Stone and I came up with the idea of ‘the Wall,’ and we talked to Steve [Bannon] about it,” according to Nunberg. “It was to make sure he [Trump] talked about immigration.” Sam Nunberg
Where The Idea For Donald Trump's Wall Came From
This whole wall thing, is another attempt of Trump to rule by fear using lies and mischaracterization of facts.