Discussion: Calif. Mayor: We Didn't Mean To Turn Buses With Migrant Families Away

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What lying creep. He wanted this, he got it, he spurred it on. Now the protests were only about compassion?

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“The world showed up on our doorstep,”

…so I had to change my story from being a racist thug to being a standard rwnj and just lied about it. The fox bubble will back me up…no worries.

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“What we object to, is we object to inhumane facilities,”

All those people were yelling for better facilities for people and directing those busses to a Four Seasons. It’s obvious.

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I was wondering if CNN pushed back at all either against his obvious lie. Or did the “liberal” media just let it slide.

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He’s a liar. HE called for the protests personally. He created the situation personally.

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Just like Christmas. No room at the inn.

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The Mayor just realized he kissed his election chances goodbye…you think they would have learned…these folks after Pete Wilson turned California Blue in terms of presidential races…over 30 years since they went for any GOP candidate. Now they are doing the same thing nationally.

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DUCK AND COVER…

this guy got what he wanted, he just didn’t count on the video making him look so bad.
to me he is disgusting.

what kind of person turnes little kids away that are fearing for their lives. these kids most certainly do not want to be parted from their homes and loved ones
they are just looking for safety

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SAN DIEGO (AP) …The standoff in Murrieta came after Mayor Alan Long urged residents to complain to elected officials about the plan to transfer the Central American migrants to California to ease overcrowding of facilities along the Texas-Mexico border.

‘The world just showed up on our doorstep’

Damn those outside agents provacateurs!

This man is a testament to human duplicity, bigotry, and mendacity. I’ve been less repulsed by beached whale carcasses in the last stages of putrefaction.

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if a bus were to arrive at the Murietta border patrol and those aliens were here, you would see that we would treat them with compassion.

When I hear “aliens” I think of a creature bursting out of someone’s gut in outer space, but mostly I can hear the hatred in his voice when he says this. He sang yesterday’s song quite differently.

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Mr Mayor …yes you did want the immigrants to go away. Don’t lie to us. It’s the fact they are Hispanic that you don’t like. Your protest wasn’t about conditions. If it were you’d have open your town to these families in need but you did not. your town showed its true colors.
For shame, sir…for shame.

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I guess the mayor doesn’t like his towns title of Murietta: A little bit of Mississippi in California.

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Oh, there’s lots of little Mississippis and Oklahomas and Louisianas, Kansases, etc., in California. Just travel east of the Inner Coast Ranges into the Central Valley.

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July 3, 2014

We didn’t ask for this problem — it was just dumped at our doorstep,” said Mayor Alan Long, who has lived here most of his life and told residents he planned to send a “fat bill” to President Obama. “This is a nationwide problem, and little Murrieta has taken the lead.”

Starting today he’s running backwards as fast as he can.

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What a horrible city with such horrible citizens. Now the mayor is lying about helping to create this situation! Just people are disgusting. Just disgusting. Some 4th of July celebration!

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In the context of your remarks, here’s a political map of California. Murietta is red, down at the bottom, and is labeled “moderate conservative.”

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Right ere in Tucson where I live several hundred kids are being housed who had come across the border illegally but there’s been no outcry of hatred like in Murrieta. We aren’t playing the victim. These are human beings we are speaking about, not shipments of car tires. At a minimum they deserve a place to sleep, food to eat and a roof over their heads. THEN let the legal system take its course. Nobody is losing their job. This won’t break the country’s budget. Murrieta California should be ashamed of themselves.

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Having lived in the area I would say those people are pretty far right…don’t know about any moderation. Murrietta and Temecula are about as progressive as Rush Limbaugh.

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