Mayor asks Trump to postpone Pittsburgh visit

[riversedge]

Source: wpxi.com



Updated: Oct 29, 2018 - 8:34 PM


PITTSBURGH - .........................................

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.


Added:


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..............

[riversedge]

1. "Our attention and our focus is going to be on them." The first funeral is planned for Tuesday.

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By travelling to Pittsburgh on Tuesday, Trump is ignoring a plea from Pittsburgh's mayor that Trump refrain from visiting "while we are burying the dead."

"Our attention and our focus is going to be on them."

The first funeral is planned for Tuesday.

Link to tweet

[sdfernando]

36. hhhmmmm.....not enough police to help the Secret Service?

Sounds dangerous.

[Blunami]

2. As well he should

I thinks it is a good idea for a president to stand in solidarity when a tragic event happens like this, but not a president that did not denounce the KKK or Nazis. Or a president that in general incites violence and blows dog wistles calling himself a Nationlist, then he has to make a statement denouncing the bombs his demeanor is one of a person being forced to say something he doesn't really mean. He had no emotion behind what he was saying. He is the worst thing that has ever happened to this country in terms of morality and human decency. If we don't take him out of power more violence like the synagogue shooting and mail bombings will continue to happen that's why its more important than ever to get out and VOTE!

[riversedge]

3. I wonder if any planning was done with the Mayor and city of Pittsburgh??

[True Dough]

42. Welcome, Blunami

Good first post!

[dalton99a]

4. Kick

[DRoseDARs]

5. Imagine if you will, Trump visits and not enough cops to protect mourners. Soft targets abound...

More Neo-Nazis decide to take advantage of the lax security of the funerals. As a fresh violence erupts, Trump would probably tweet an inane complaint about terrible peanuts in Pittsburgh or someshit.



Is there seriously not a single person in this administration that can steer him away from making himself the center of attention at all times? Even from the grieving? The bodies and bullet holes are metaphorically still warm, prick.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

6. Him going there now is like pouring salt in an open wound.

Adding insult to injury.

He is a sadist. And too stupid to know why he should not go there.

[BigmanPigman]

15. Yes, he is a sadist.

Did you ever imagine, even during the Reagun and Bush years, that one of our future presidents would be a sadistic, narcissistic sociopath? It is like my worst nightmare coming true every day.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

20. Only good side, to me anyway, is that I am more

tolerant of the "normal" Republicans. Not many left

[BigmanPigman]

25. Now that you ,mention it, me too.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

40. No, sir, I did not.

Cheney had me worried, but by comparison, he seems tame, now. Which tells how damaging trmp is, that we would look back at Darth Cheney and find humanity.

[C_U_L8R]

7. The dead aren't buried and Trump wants to steal the spotlight

Go away, you ghoul.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. Reminds me of the past and how on certain occasions

the president would make a visit with no cameras. Like trump would ever...

[RockRaven]

8. Obviously the police dept must assist Secret Service, but everyone else should ignore/shun Dotard

The mayor, city council, everyone with any sort of title should go to the funerals and act like they would if Trump were not in town, even when they cross paths with him.

[libdem4life]

9. He loves it. Remember...he likes rage. He lives rage. He creates rage. The more the merrier

Hell, he'll even bring it to a funeral....just to preen. Two cretins are squatting in the WH.

[GusBob]

11. Yep He is loving every minute of this now. It's all about him

[Laura PourMeADrink]

22. Has he gone to any funerals? Know McCain didnt

Want him there

[libdem4life]

37. Mostly he's not wanted or invited to most high profile occasions

It is customary to grieve and pay respects at a funeral. He hasn't a clue about either emotion and everyone knows it. It sullies the occasion. Stoking hatred is about all he knows how to do...and everybody knows it, including his "fans".

[Initech]

10. This is absolutely frightening how much he's trying to prove he's not an anti-Semite.

[RobinA]

12. Trump the "Person"

aside, no President should insert himself into a situation like this. A Presidential visit consumes massive local resources, before, during and after. No city needs that in the middle of an already resource-intensive situation.

[susanna]

30. Absolutely true. n/t

[monmouth4]

13. I heard Ivanka and Jared talked him into this trip, they thought it was the "right thing to do." nt

[riversedge]

34. Yes, she did

https://www.newsweek.com/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-anti-semitism-pittsburgh-shooting-1191486?utm_campaign=NewsweekTwitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter

[libdem4life]

38. Brain dead. Political neophytes. She also egged him into bombing Syria. n/t

[watoos]

14. The mayor is a Democrat. eom.

Yes Rachel did a good job reporting this but I am worried about her.

Did her corporate masters get to her to tone it down? Don Lemon just did a tremendous segment about Squirrel Hill and the murders.

I will never stop watching Rachel but something is different.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

23. I was just thinking.instead of trashing trump

Do we need to shift. Like you can get your point across by just saying how dignified other people are? Or calling light on positive people, positive politicians.

I think our greatest liberal politicians were like that. You praise people and let the audience figure out that someone else isn't like that.

[zentrum]

16. Wait a minute. So all that talk

.....from the Synagogue representatives that Trump was not welcome in Pittsburgh until he condemned his Nationalism, immigrant hatred and denounces the violence he incites, was all just talk?

Trump attacked the press on the same day as the shootings and after CNN was threatened with a bomb.

What about the immigrant children Rabbi? The racism he spouts?

It's one thing for the Rabbi to visit the WH---but to have the inciter as a guest in the synagogue seems so covering up the problem, I can't see straight.

[sakabatou]

17. As if Trump would respect his wishes

[iluvtennis]

18. Trump respects nothing and no one. What a dick. nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. Heard her segment. Loved it when she said the WH

Knew he wasn't wanted now and boom...he was going. What a horrible human being

[argyl]

24. The grapefruit in the face visit.

He's going specifically because it was requested that he not come.
His antics behind the podium will be gag inducing at best.

Dog whistles, maybe dog bullhorns.

[Grasswire2]

26. surely he doesn't expect to speak at the funeral. nt

[argyl]

28. Just coming to Pittsburgh after the mayor requests he not come is bad enough.

Can't imagine him trying to deliver a eulogy.
President or not, he might get the bum's rush for something as brazen as that.

[libdem4life]

39. Doubt he knows what a eulogy is. It requires emotion. He doesn't have any. n/t

[OAITW r.2.0]

27. Invite Obama...Trump will stay away.

Obama is the antitdote to Trumpism. Apply liberally.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

41. Yes, President Obama is trump's kryptonite.

[mucifer]

29. It's more complicated than that. The Rabbi of the synagogue wants trump to come

I really think Rachel should have mentioned that. He should have a say in this matter. Rabbi Jeffrey Myers from The Tree of Life Congregation should have the say in whether the president is invited and not us.

He is suffering a lot of loss and he should control that decision. Or at the least we should acknowledge he has said this.

[appleannie1943]

32. He said he would be welcome but not to come until next week after the week of mourning is complete.

[DeminPennswoods]

35. Think the rabbi was being more diplomatic than anything

He has 7 funeral services to conduct this week. That is where his focus will be.

[Raven123]

31. Good move by the mayor

Grieving families have enough with which to deal. They shouldn't be confronted with the baggage associated with Trump's visit. A considerate person would inquire about the appropriateness of a visit before making a decision and announcing it. I doubt Trump has done that

[empedocles]

33. Be great if this 'resistance' to trump visit develops to maximum scale