Mayor asks Trump to postpone Pittsburgh visit [View all]

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Source: wpxi.com



Updated: Oct 29, 2018 - 8:34 PM


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The announcement that he's coming was made Monday afternoon and so far there's been no indication from the White House of exactly what location he will be visiting.

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Community leaders are split on the visit.

The current rabbi of the Tree of Life Synagogue has said he welcomes the president, but the former leader of the synagogue said she does not welcome him, calling the president a purveyor of hate speech.

Now Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto is asking the president to hold off on visiting the city.

"We do not have enough public safety officials to provide enough protection at the funerals and to be able at the same time draw attention to a potential presidential visit. If the President is looking to come to Pittsburgh I would ask that he not do so while we are burying the dead. I would ask that White House staff contact the families and ask them if they want the President to be here."
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Maddow just did a segment on this. She did great as usual

Will edit and add a few things in a bit.


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Donald Trump to visit Pennsylvania to grieve synagogue shooting victims, despite mayor's request for delay
30 Oct, 2018 11:15am

The suspect, who was in custody by noon, opened fire inside the Tree of Life Synagogue in the city's Squirrel Hill neighbourhood, according to The Associated Press.
Washington Post
By: Felicia Sonmez and Josh Dawsey
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.................. In remarks to reporters Monday afternoon, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto asked the White House to consider "two important factors" before scheduling a visit: the will of the victims' families, and the fact that the city's attention - including the efforts of law enforcement officers - will be focused Tuesday on the victims' funerals, which are likely to begin that day.

"If the president is looking to come to Pittsburgh, I would ask that he not do so while we are burying the dead. Our attention and our focus is going to be on them, and we don't have public safety that we can take away from what is needed in order to do both," Peduto said, according to a transcript of his remarks provided to The Washington Post.

City and civic officials said early Monday they were unaware of the details of the planned visits. There were concerns about logistics and whether police would be able to handle the presidential visit, the people said..............