Rep. Veronica Escobarà Å-- @RepEscobar
May 2000 "Study ranks El Paso 3rd-safest large city"
The year 2000 was eight years before the wall started being built.
Moore points out that border towns across the US have low crime rates, exactly the opposite of what Trump would expect.
By depicting El Paso as crime infested when Mexicans were supposedly unconstrained by a wall, Trump implied that Mexicans are criminals, bringing their crime over the border.
In other words, their commerce itself is undesirable.
That's rhetorical economic terrorism. But then some young man heard the words and took them to heart and implemented them. That is White al-Qaeda.
Bonus video:
CBS News: "Trump's visit to El Paso met by protesters"
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