Former synagogue president: Trump not welcome

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  1. Durandal

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    Local, national officials decline to appear with Trump in Pittsburgh

    (CNN)Local and national officials are declining to appear with President Donald Trump on Tuesday when he visits a grieving Pittsburgh, where funerals for slain congregants at the Tree of Life synagogue are set to begin.

    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi were all invited to join the President on his visit but declined, according to two congressional sources.

    A spate of local and state officials also said they would not appear with Trump when he visits a hospital and pays respects to the 11 victims of Saturday's massacre.

    The White House has declined to say who the President will meet with when he travels to Pittsburgh on Tuesday afternoon. One official described the visit as "understated." He'll be joined by the first lady, as well as daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner, who are Jewish.

    Pittsburgh mayor Bill Peduto — who said this week Trump should forestall a visit while burials begin — will not appear with Trump, according to his spokesman.

    "Mayor Peduto's sole focus today is on the funerals and supporting the families," said Tim McNulty, Peduto's communications director.

    ... https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/30/politics/donald-trump-pittsburgh-visit-shooting/index.html
     
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    “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. [...] They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists."

    All true. The rapists are the coyotes that rape the girls and women they guide north and leave their panties hanging in the desert on cacti.
     
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    I just explained that.

    I don’t enjoy foruming so much that I want repeat the things I said just a few posts earlier.
     
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    Omg. Over loudspeakers? :eyepopping:

    The horror. The horror.
     
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    As a follow up... if anyone is interested, the city council, which approved the permit (denied this year), and had the cops stand down as a means to declare it unlawful and scuttle it, rather than take responsibility for all they did that lead to this, fired the city manager.
    They picked Zemp to replace, but Walker wasnt having that. He declined the position because it is so corrupt and petty.

    https://www.richmond.com/news/virgi...cle_36d2cf1c-24f4-536a-a3f8-4f34f69968a8.html


    Nope... Mayor Walker is all about keeping **** tense, and pimping young Zayhana to do it.
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    https://mobile.twitter.com/cvillenews_desk/status/1015581828697280512

    This is what happens when you let liberals run things. Identity politics. Division.
     
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    I just spent a ****ing hour writing you a reply, and this is yours? Who is wasting whose time again?
     
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    So you would declare everyone who attended the Unite the Right rally evil, even if they were there under false pretense that it was a protest against tearing down historical statues, but you wouldn't do the same for the Woman's March because... reasons.

    To quote you, I don’t enjoy foruming so much that I want repeat the things I said just a few posts earlier. So I agree to disagree.
     
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    If so certainly not as blatant as this.
     
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    And no, you didn't.
    You proclaimed it was damning. You said it was desperate, rambling and incoherent, providing no examples... but even if you were to have, none would rise to the level of "more damning" than praising racists (who he actually condemned). I guess actual debate is too hard.
     
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    The bomber hated Trump, and I'm also not sure how much sway a former synagogue President has. Still, I think there are better reasons for not inviting him. Empathy is not Trump's strong suit and he's virtually incapable of addressing any issue without making it about himself. He's not someone that's really suitable for solemn occasions as he's proven more than once. I sure wouldn't invite him to a funeral or memorial ceremony unless he agreed to get his speech pre-approved and agreed not to go off-script.
     
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    Oh look -- the OP only presented half the story.
    https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/29/poli...resident-trump-pittsburgh-shooting/index.html
     
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    Yeah, they wanted to blow up the white house instead.
     
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    Meanwhile, the actual leader of that synagogue absolutely welcomed President Trump.
     
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    The current Vice Chairman of the Democratic party has been a long time supporter of Farakan. Currently running in the election to be attorney General of Minnesota
     
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