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Obama resists calls to visit border during Texas trip(Flashback 2014)
CBS News ^ | 07/09/2014 | STEPHANIE CONDON

Posted on 06/21/2018 1:53:49 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen

President Obama's two-day trip to Texas this week was scheduled for two purposes: so the president could talk to Texans about the economy and to attend Democratic fundraisers.

Plans have changed, however, as Washington attempts to address the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. In the past couple of days, the White House set up a Wednesday meeting between Mr. Obama, Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, and local Dallas officials to discuss the situation at the border. Still, Mr. Obama so far is ignoring growing calls from both Democrats and Republicans to make his first trip to the border since May 2011.

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TOPICS: History; Society
KEYWORDS: borderinsecurity; obama
Also note Bill de Blasio flew to Texas today for a press conference with Eric Garcetti and Seattle’s Jenny Durkan.
1 posted on 06/21/2018 1:53:49 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
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To: Kid Shelleen

Watch Obuma show up at the border now with an entourage.


2 posted on 06/21/2018 3:08:51 PM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: Slyfox

I don’t think he can stand not being in air conditioning and he is still hiding from the deep state scandal.


3 posted on 06/21/2018 3:43:30 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen ((Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong))
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To: Kid Shelleen

That’s ok, Ted Cruz passed out teddy bears there.


4 posted on 06/21/2018 5:41:11 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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