Beto O’Rourke: Trump Has “No Place” In El Paso, Mayor Disagrees
With his abysmal performance as a p**********l candidate, I think it is safe to say that Beto O’Rourke will not be president and that is a good thing. Monday he told reporters that President Trump “has no place” in El Paso and he should not come, though El Paso Mayor Dee Margo announced a visit is planned Wednesday. Unlike the immature p**********l candidate, the mayor will greet the president and meet with him.
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Beto O’Rourke behaves as though his emotional maturity never left high school. It is one thing to be caught off guard and choke up after the mass shooting in his hometown, as he did last Saturday. It is completely unacceptable how O’Rourke has acted since then. He is incapable of speaking in a civil way about President Trump and now he wants Trump to stay away from El Paso. It isn’t O’Rourke’s decision to make, of course, but Beto’s emotions have gotten the best of him once too often.
Beto isn’t even voicing an original thought by insisting Trump stay out of El Paso. Hyper-partisan Democrat Representative Veronica Escobar said the same. What both fail to understand is that whether they like it or not, President Trump is the president for the whole country, including El Paso, Texas. It is his job to come and comfort the grieving community as well as meet with local officials. All presidents are expected to rise above the pettiness and govern the whole country, including attending to those who didn’t v**e for him.
While O’Rourke says the city needs to heal, which is true, he goes on to say Trump has no place in El Paso, which isn’t true. Fortunately, Mayor Dee Margo is a grown-up and announced Monday that President Trump will visit El Paso on Wednesday. Mayor Margo does not have a good relationship with the president but he rose above his feelings and said he’ll welcome Trump to El Paso and meet with him. He correctly said it is his job as mayor and he intends to do his job. Trump has been in El Paso in previous stops – like the rally he held for Ted Cruz during the 2016 Senate race – and the mayor hasn’t welcomed him or met with him. This time is different. Mayor Margo told reporters that Trump called and spoke with him Sunday and that Trump was “very gracious” and offered any help that El Paso may need.
“It was a brief call,” the mayor said. “Nothing overly specific. I made no request at that time, I said we’re waiting to see what settles. He’s coming out here on Wednesday.”
Margo said he is welcoming the president to the city as a part of his formal duties. The White House has not yet commented on or confirmed that Mr. Trump is making the trip.....