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Norbert

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Wed Feb 6, 2019, 11:36 PM Feb 2019

El Paso Sheriff begs to differ with trumpf

...After the State of the Union address was delivered, MSNBC anchor Brian Williams spoke with Cal Perry, who relayed the reaction of El Paso's sheriff to Trump's assertion.

"So Donald Trump says that El Paso has become a safe city after the wall," Perry told Williams. "Here's what we got from Sheriff Richard Wiles directly after the speech: '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. The facts are clear: While it is true that El Paso is one of the safest cities in the nation, it has never been considered one of the nation's most dangerous cities, and El Paso was a safe city long before a wall was built.' He finishes by saying, 'President Trump continues to give a false narrative about what a great city that truly represents what this great nation is all about.'"

This is not the first run in Sheriff Wiles has had with Orange Julius.

https://www.salon.com/2019/02/06/trump-to-follow-state-of-the-union-with-border-trip-to-el-paso-law-enforcement-pushes-back/

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El Paso Sheriff begs to differ with trumpf (Original Post) Norbert Feb 2019 OP
I hace several decades old friends in El Paso. pangaia Feb 2019 #1
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