El Paso Politics

Convicted felon and Republican anti-immigrant operative Anthony Aguero appeared in a video released by the Trump campaign that was centered about how a border wall would make El Paso safe. Trump has come under criticism from El Pasoans, and even El Paso's ONLY Republican elected official, Mayor Dee Margo, for lying about the security situation of El Paso. Trump alleged that we were one of the most dangerous and violent places to live in America. That is factually inaccurate. Have we had times of higher property crime rates than what we have now? Sure. But at no point in our history were we ever one of the most violent or dangerous places to live. That is just factually inaccurate. Or as we call it in El Paso, a flat-out lie. Which I guess makes it fitting to have Anthony Aguero featured in the video, because if there is ever anyone that is living a lie, its that guy. His real name is Pedro Antonio Aguero. He whitened up his name because he's ashamed of being brown. He's als...

There is no group more prone to hypocrisy than a bunch of self-righteous Republicans in their circle jerk of elitism on their social media echo chambers. But the hypocrisy of a guy named Anthony Aguero is egregious even by GOP standards. So let me start by explaining who he is. He's a younger member of the El Paso Republican Party and worked with the train wreck that was the Rick Seeberger congressional campaign. The last time I saw him was when he and a few other young guys were trying to ambush Congresswoman Veronica Escobar at a debate forum. However a lot of you have seen him online lately and filled my phone, inbox on Facebook, and email about the guy. He's the guy that has been harassing immigrants that have been dumped at the Greyhound station in the cold and middle of the night. He's gun enthusiast (so am I) and is a danger to this community. Not because of the guns or any particular persuasion of violence - he fancies himself a tough guy until he's caught and c...