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Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 01:50 PM Sep 2016

Here's another reason for Trump to hate Mexicans.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/when-mexicans-crossed-our-border-to-feed-our-hungry/2015/08/28/347342e4-4cee-11e5-84df-923b3ef1a64b_story.html?utm_term=.bcbe12dd6b23

(Not new, but worth a repeat)

When Mexicans crossed our border to feed Americans in need

In a scene that would have given Donald Trump heart palpitations, 200 flag-waving Mexican troops breached the U.S. border outside Laredo, Tex., 10 years ago and advanced unopposed up Interstate 35 to San Antonio.

It was the first time a Mexican army had marched on San Antonio since 1836 when Gen. Santa Ana massacred besieged Texas independence fighters at the Alamo.

This time, however, the Mexican soldiers were on a relief mission to feed tens of thousands of homeless and hungry Americans displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Setting up camp at a former Air Force base outside San Antonio, they distributed potable water, medical supplies and 7,000 hot meals a day for the next three weeks.


Full article at link above. Worth a read.

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Here's another reason for Trump to hate Mexicans. (Original Post) Stonepounder Sep 2016 OP
This is the first I've heard of this. Control-Z Sep 2016 #1
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