White House asked mayor not declare emergency over illegals

 Fox News:

El Paso City Council member Claudia Rodriguez called out the city's Democratic mayor Wednesday night, saying he has been caught in a lie.

Earlier on Fox News Wednesday, El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser denied Rodriguez's allegation that he was pressured by the White House to avoid declaring the migrant influx an emergency in the city, insisting he made the decision himself.

"Absolutely not," Leeser told host Dana Perino. "One of the things we need to learn and really make sure we do is that we take the politics out of this."

Video footage from a September city council meeting, however, appears to show otherwise.

"The chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, Chief Ortiz, he does not support declaring a state of emergency at this point," Leeser said during the Sept. 27 meeting. "And the White House has asked at this point for us not to do that."

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Rodriguez said she was floored by the mayor’s contradictory statements.

She explained on "Jesse Watters Primetime" Wednesday night that the council is meant to be a nonpartisan entity.

"As much as the mayor wants to say this is not a political issue, yeah, those comments would probably say otherwise," she said Wednesday.

She said it was "crazy" to hear the mayor deny her allegations that there was pressure from the White House.

"We have the receipts. It's literally on the internet for the entire world to see," Rodriguez said.
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It is pretty clear that Biden wants to pretend that illegal immigration is not a problem even when it clearly is.  I suspect that Mayor Lessor is not the only one who has been pressured by the White House to deny reality.

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