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center of the city. Condemna-

tion of the president’s anti-im-

migrant rhetorichas beenines-

capable, too, at a memorial

near the site of the shooting

wherepeoplehave stoppedby

the thousands — after work,be-

tween lunchbreaks, often in

scorching heat — to march and

pray anddropoff flowers,

stuffed animals,and balloons.

As Trumpandhis wife,

Melania, visitedsurvivors and

offeredwhat administration of-

ficialssaid was a message of na-

tional unity, they found a city

fighting throughgrief, and

some grappling with its identi-

ty as the epicenter of the na-

tion’s immigration battle. And

there were many whodidn’t

wanthim thereat all.

“I thinkhe shouldhave

waited,” said Aracely Calderon,

40, a native of neighboringCiu-

dad Juárez in Mexico and a re-

tail manager at a Fort Bliss

store, who cameto pay her re-

spects Wednesday eveningat

the memorial. “I just think it

was very disrespectful of him.”

The president’s visitto El

Paso came after a stop at the

site of anothermassshooting,

in Dayton,Ohio,that left an-

othernine deadjust hoursafter

the massacre in Texas. Against

the backdropof the Franklin

mountains, he jumped into his

motorcade with only a wave to

reporters after shakinghands

and briefly chatting with Texas

GovernorGregAbbott, Sena-

tors Ted Cruzand John Cornyn,

and El Paso Mayor Dee Margo.

Speaking to reporters on the

tarmac,Margo said Trump

asked him how it was going: “I

told himit wasone day at

time.”

“Your thoughtson the presi-

dent coming to El Paso?” a re-

porter asked.

“Well, he is the president,”

Margo repliedas he walked

away.

Deflecting questionsabout

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the president’s racist comments

toward fourcongresswomen

and anti-immigrant rhetoric,

Cruzinstead shifted attention

to the shooterin Dayton, saying

he was a supporter of Demo-

cratic presidential candidates

Elizabeth Warren and Bernie

Sanders.

“Sadlyno party has a mo-

nopoly on hate, no party has a

monopoly on racism and bigot-

ry,” he said.

Latinosnationwidehave

been grappling with new levels

of fear after the targeted at-

tacks, and the impact has been

acutely felt in El Paso, which is

80 percentHispanicand where

peoplelive fluidlybetween

Mexico and the United States.

Investigators say a whitesu-

premacist drovealmost 11

hoursfromthe Dallasarea be-

foreopeningfire insidethe

Walmart. Prosecutorsare in-

vestigating the crimeas an act

of domestic terrorismafter in-

vestigators linked an anti-im-

migrant and anti-Latino screed

to the 21-year-oldwhiteman

accusedin the attack.The post-

ing used someof the samerhet-

oric the president has usedre-

gardingimmigrants.

The presidentfurtheran-

gered someEl Pasoanson Mon-

day, whenhe condemned white

supremacy but omitted any ref-

erenceto Latinosand failedto

addresshis own incendiary lan-

guage.

Trumpdidn’t help matters

on Wednesday when— before

boarding Air Force One on his

way to Ohio — he took shotson

Twitter at his politicalfoes, The

New York Times,and “radical

left Democrats.” Amonghis tar-

gets was Democratic presiden-

tial candidate Beto O’Rourke,

an El Paso native and former

US representative,whomthe

president tauntedoverhis

name.

O’Rourke shot backwith a

tweet of his own,“22 in my

hometownare deadafter an act

of terror inspired by yourrac-

ism.El Paso will not be quiet

and neither will I.”

At a tribute ceremony for

victimsat El Dorado High

Schoolon Wednesday morning,

studentcouncil memberssaid

they organizedthe event and

invited O’Rourke to speak be-

causethey wanted to showthe

nation a positive image of their

city.

“I think it’s like you’re

damnedif you do, damnedif

you don’t,” senior class vice

president Khendra Jacome, 17,

said of her conflicting feelings

about the president’s visit.

“That is why I foughtso much

to get Beto O’Rourke herebe-

cause he’s from here, he knows

the type of community that we

have... so you know, I thought

let’s fight the negative withthe

positive.”

After praying with students

and shaking hands, O’Rourke

told reporters he shot backat

the president “because he’s try-

ing to intimidate this commu-

nity, make us afraid of one an-

other, of our differences, of the

border, of immigrants,and we

will not stand down.”

He and US Representative

VeronicaEscobar, whosedis-

trict includes the Walmart

where the shooting took place,

later optedto attend the coun-

ter-rally at Washington Park.

By the time the sun beganto

set overthe mountains, the

crowds were back at the Wal-

mart, where white crosses with

the namesand photosof vic-

tims overlook a parking lot still

filledwithcarsleft behind.

Some have left placardsde-

nouncing the shooter and also

Trump for theirhateful views.

“If you only got to know our

people,our streets, our cul-

ture,” reads one sign, “then you

would see howpreciousour

city is.”

Jazmine Ulloacanbe reached

at [email protected].

Followheron

Twitter@jazmineulloa

El Paso struggles to bind

open community wounds

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