Mayor Pro Tem, County Comish Call on Trump to Denounce Racial Terrorism

While El Paso Mayor Dee Margo is welcoming President Trump to El Paso today, other leaders have taken a different approach.

El Paso Mayor Pro Tempore Claudia Ordaz Perez and County Commissioner Vince Perez issued a stinging statement today ahead of Trump's Visit to El Paso stating in part, "If the President fails to strongly condemn this racially-motivated terrorist attack and fails to call for an end to the use of violence against minority groups by radicalized white nationalist terrorists during his visit, his continued depiction of immigrants and migrants as a threat to our nation will only place our community at greater risk for racially-motivated attacks."

Here is the entire statement issued by the Mayor Pro Tempore and County Commissioner that both represent El Paso's Mission Valley and parts of the Eastside.


STATEMENT BY EL PASO MAYOR PRO TEMPORE CLAUDIA ORDAZ PEREZ AND 
EL PASO COUNTY COMMISSIONER VINCENT PEREZ ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S VISIT TO 
EL PASO


El Paso, Texas – El Paso Mayor Pro Tempore Claudia Ordaz Perez and County Commissioner Vincent Perez issued the following statement today regarding President Trump’s visit to El Paso:

“As the people of El Paso heal from the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history against Hispanics, we call on the President to use his visit to personally condemn racial terrorism by white supremacists, in no uncertain terms. 

“Calling on our nation to condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy must begin with President of the United States demanding an end to these domestic acts of terrorism, where the lives of 22 innocent victims from our community are now lost. If the President fails to strongly condemn this racially-motivated terrorist attack and fails to call for an end to the use of violence against minority groups by radicalized white nationalist terrorists during his visit, his continued depiction of immigrants and migrants as a threat to our nation will only place our community at greater risk for racially-motivated attacks.


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Commissioner Perez was also on NPR earlier this morning discussing Trump's visit to El Paso. Perez used the opportunity to talk about racial terrorism and that wile President Trump spoke about how the nation needs to condemn white supremacy, that isn't something he's personally done. 

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