Republican Mesa mayor: 'I've been impressed so far with this administration'

[DonViejo]

BY JOSEPH CHOI - 03/21/21 12:23 PM EDT

John Giles, the Republican mayor of Mesa, Ariz., said in an interview on Sunday that he has been “impressed so far” by the Biden administration’s handling of the border crisis.

During an appearance on CNN’s “Inside Politics,” host Abby Phillip asked Giles how well he thought the administration was handling the growing crisis, with the U.S. now expected to see more migrants at the border than it has in the past 20 years.

“You know, I've been the mayor for six years here in Mesa, so I am a veteran of the last border surge. And so we are very nervous about the surge that we see in refugees that are crossing the border. I've been impressed so far with this administration. I had an opportunity to talk with [Department of Homeland Security] Secretary [Alejandro] Mayorkas about a week ago. I told him the experience that we had a couple of years ago and he was very aware of it,” Giles, whose city of Mesa is within 200 miles of the U.S-Mexico border, said.

“We've explained to them that there are a lot of compassionate people in our community, faith groups and NGOs that are willing to partner with the federal government to respond to this,” Giles added. “But the cupboards are bare because over the last two years they've been asked to shoulder this problem as the federal government really wasn't capable of doing it without assistance.”

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[brush]

1. Mesa is well north of the border. I'd be interested in hearing from the mayors of Tucson...

Sierra Vista and other cities closer to the border.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. Huh, guess my mayor is sorta alright-sounding.

TBH Mormon's are among the more compassionate religions when it comes to people from Mexico.

If you know their Churches history, you'll know why.

Granted I didn't check ... but I'm assuming the Mayor of Mesa is LDS. That's a pretty safe bet I think.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

3. I think he's been pretty moderate (or at least bipartisan)

I remember him working w/ Obama, I think, or at least defying Brewer in supporting Obama policies.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

4. It would seem he's quite a bit more reasonable than our asshat Congressman Biggs (nt)

[WarGamer]

5. Good governance wins over everyone.

And the $$ earmarked in the $1.9T Bill to the City of Mesa didn't hurt...

[MyOwnPeace]

6. No matter his 'religious' affiliation.....

I'm sure he on IQ45's S**t-List now.......