Mayor Peduto Slams Trump for Name-Dropping Pittsburgh

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"Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said he took personal offense to President Donald Trump's reference to the Steel City in announcing the U.S.' departure from the Paris climate agreement."

"In remarks Thursday afternoon at the White House, Mr. Trump said, in part, that he was "elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris."

"Mr. Peduto said the phrase marked "really sloppy speechwriting" that portrayed his city as "this dirty old town that relies upon big coal and big steel to survive."

"The speech “completely ignores the sacrifices that we made over 30 years in order to get back up on our feet, in order to be creating a new economy, in order to make the sacrifices to clean our air and clean our water," Mr. Peduto told reporters in his Downtown office."

Read more at: http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2017/06/01/Peduto-counters-Trump-s-Pittsburgh-reference-in-climate-announcement/stories/201706010202

[Freedomofspeech]

1. Taking the name of our city in vain...

By the Way...Hillary won in Pittsburgh.

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2. Hooray for Mayor Peduto!

I saw him all over the news yesterday, even on CNN. He mentioned that Hillary won Pittsburgh by 80%.

Now we have to get Governor Wolf to join in support with other governors to continue to support the Paris agreement.

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3. Here is Mayor Peduto on Hardball with Chris Matthews:

He was great!