Texas Rep. Veronica Escobar said El Paso shooting victims grabbed her during a hospital visit and gave her a message for President Donald Trump ahead of his visit.
after visiting a hospital treating victims of the El Paso shooting, many of who were Hispanic. She told"This community is full of hope and resilience and beauty. But the other thing that I heard, totally unsolicited, from victims still in the hospital as they'd grab my arm and tell me, 'Tell him not to come here,'" Escobar said.'s request for comment. President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are scheduled to arrive in El Paso at around 1.45 p.m.
"And so as I said via Twitter, and I've said before, words are powerful and words have consequences," Escobar added. "When they have a president who is racist, and who whips people up into a frenzy at rallies, and when people yell 'we'll shoot them' and he doesn't stop to think, 'Oh my god, what am I doing?'"Trump chuckled as someone in the crowd suggested shooting migrants
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