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# He Lies (Again) and El Paso's Pissed
February 11 2019
Written by Abby Zimet.
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INTEL REPORT--The Great Pretender's ongoing hysteria about a wall to keep out his fictional “tremendous onslaught” of brown people is happily, increasingly running into its own wall - knowledgeable people in border areas pushing back and arguing [\#WallsDontWork.](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WallsDontWork?src=hash)”
The resistance ranges from [officials](https://twitter.com/EricMillerFink/status/1093326639667208193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1093326639667208193&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rawstory.com%2F2019%2F02%2Ftrump-put-razor-wire-border-fence-arizona-town-just-voted-unanimously-tear%2F) in the border town of Nogales, Arizona [taking down ](https://tucson.com/news/local/nogales-city-council-calls-on-feds-to-remove-all-border/article_ad246ca8-2a7c-11e9-8de7-ab64b6199f2d.html#tracking-source=home-top-story)his newly installed, flesh-slicing, maximum-security-prison-flavored coils of [razor wire ](https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2019/02/07/forget-trumps-border-wall-what-his-concertina-wire-nogales/2806020002/)on an existing border fence - WTF on the U.S. side yet - that was universally [blasted ](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/07/border-town-arizona-trump-tear-down-wall-inhuman-razor-wire)as “inhuman” to both [California](https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article226075490.html)'s and New Mexico's governors [withdrawing ](https://www.wnem.com/new-mexico-governor-pulls-troops-from-southern-border-accuses-trump/article_55bfbdd7-c6ef-576d-8dd8-3c29e703f349.html)most National Guard troops from the border, [condemning ](https://www.yourbasin.com/news/politics/new-mexico-governor-pulls-national-guard-troops-from-border/1758008122)Trump's "fear-mongering."
New Mexico's new governor even made a wild video in which she [hurls ](https://twitter.com/Michelle4NM/status/1092988768607334400)herself through multiple flimsy but dusty walls to show what she thinks of the whole ignoring-real-problems-to-build-a-stupid-racist-wall thing.
Monday, Trump heads to El Paso, where he [won ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-spotlights-el-paso-as-proof-walls-work-crime-stats--and-beto-orourke--say-otherwise/2019/02/07/b055eef6-2a36-11e9-b2fc-721718903bfc_story.html?utm_term=.960f48710f7f)25.7% of the 2016 vote and [enraged ](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/el-paso-sheriff-trumps-dangerous-lies_us_5c5d1793e4b0a502ca341a6f)everyone in a SOTU speech [falsely](https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/05/fact-check-state-union-trump-el-paso-crime-rate-fence/2784362002/) declaring it a [hell-hole ](https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/trump-false-claims-el-paso/)of crime - a [reality ](https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/border-fence-didnt-make-el-paso-safer-from-violent-crimes%20all%20stats%20show%20walls%20dont%20work%20%20)officials [say ](https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/06/trump-claim-el-paso-crime-rate-state-of-union-sucker-punch/2785738002/)only exists in "Sicario," given they [boast ](https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/10/el-paso-crime-rate-topic-in-trump-roundtable-to-support-border-wall/2539838002/)one of the lowest [crime rates ](https://www.safewise.com/blog/safest-metro-cities/)of any big city.
The [sheriff:](https://www.nbcnews.com/card/fact-check-trump-says-border-fencing-made-el-paso-safer-n968101) "Trump continues to give a false narrative." A businessman: "The President is living in an alternative universe." Rep. Veronica [Escobar](https://twitter.com/RepEscobar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1092978188437868544&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.texasmonthly.com%2Fpolitics%2Ftrump-false-claims-el-paso%2F), who [shredded ](https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1093971353601040389)Matthew Whitaker and said of Trump: “He[ lies." ](https://escobar.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-veronica-escobar-sends-letter-president-donald-trump-asking)Residents [insist ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ElPasoWasSafeB4TheWall?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1093579593708175360&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Ftrump-baby-blimp-el-paso-protest_us_5c5e120fe4b0eec79b23685e)the city's biggest dangers are potholes, the new cheese at Chico's Tacos and the name of their city in Trump's "racist mouth," and [vow,](https://twitter.com/search?q=el+paso&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Esearch) "! No Mames!" - no fucking way.
Trump's [rally](https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/07/trump-rally-schedule-what-expect-president-el-paso-visit/2792820002/), hard by the "successful border fence," will be met by the [Baby Trump ](https://www.gofundme.com/f/bbkp3h-baby-trump)blimp and a galvanized [March For Truth ](https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2019/02/08/orourke-to-lead-anti-wall-march-during-trump-rally-in-el-paso/)and [Celebration of El Paso](https://www.kvia.com/news/politics/o-rourke-to-speak-at-celebration-of-el-paso-at-the-same-time-as-trump-at-coliseum/1006882247) featuring Beto O’Rourke, who often [cites](https://twitter.com/betoorourke/status/982044386262441984?lang=en) the [contributions ](https://medium.com/@BetoORourke/the-president-is-coming-to-el-paso-monday-bbd4a023c77c)of immigrants to his city.
In this democracy, he told residents, "We (can) get past the lies and fear, focus on the facts and human lives in our midst, and do the right thing...The eyes of the country are on El Paso, and we're going to tell our story."
Me looking for all the violent crime and “danger” in El Paso: [pic.twitter.com/Q0OJ9poYH2](https://t.co/Q0OJ9poYH2)— Jorge Salgado (@SalgadoPhoto\_)
*So much for walls: Chimps [escape](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/10/chimps-use-branch-as-ladder-to-escape-belfast-zoo-enclosure) a zoo enclosure in Belfast*
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