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September 1, 2016

you need to watch @repjohnlewis crowdsurfing on @colbertlateshow:

Whow!!

Kyle Griffin ?@kylegriffin1 6h6 hours ago

If you watch one thing today, you need to watch @repjohnlewis crowdsurfing on @colbertlateshow:

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/771206457542881280

September 1, 2016

I am listening to he family members of those killed by undocumented

immigrants. I know their pain is real but the whole scene with the cult fans is so surreal.

September 1, 2016

Donald Trump’s Mexico visit ends with Mexico basically accusing him of lying

Source: washington post




Donald Trump’s Mexico visit ends with Mexico basically accusing him of lying



By Aaron Blake and Philip Bump

August 31 at 7:12 PM


This post has been updated.


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.................It's among the most brazen claims he has made as a presidential candidate — the idea that a foreign country would fund the construction of a wall built mostly to protect the United States. And yet, Trump said that this did not come up during Trump's meeting Wednesday with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.

Trump said that the small matter of who pays for his massive border wall — at an estimated cost of between $15 billion and $25 billion,
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"We did discuss the wall," Trump said during a brief Q&A session. "We didn't discuss payment of the wall. That'll be for a later date. This was a very preliminary meeting." In what was otherwise a positively received visit — drawing praise even from some Trump critics such as Bill Kristol and former Hillary Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson — it stuck out like a sore thumb.

There's just one catch: Peña Nieto tweeted out that the subject did come up -- and that he'd raised it.......................








Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/31/donald-trump-says-he-didnt-ask-mexico-to-pay-for-the-wall-that-makes-no-sense/?postshare=9981472686351316&tid=ss_tw





Here are the Tweets:



Jim Dalrymple II Verified account
?@JimDalrympleII

Jim Dalrymple II Retweeted Enrique Peña Nieto

"At the beginning of the conversation with Donald Trump, I made clear that Mexico will not pay for the wall."


Enrique Peña Nieto Verified account
?@EPN

Al inicio de la conversación con Donald Trump dejé claro que México no pagará por el muro.

5:51 PM - 31 Aug 2016
8,027 retweets 8,062 likes





Also:



Wed Aug 31, 2016 6:54pm EDT

Pena Nieto told Trump Mexico won't pay for wall-Presidential spokesman



http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-mexico-wall-idUSKCN11632X?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=57c777b504d301140ac2e95f&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter



Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday told Donald Trump that Mexico would not pay for the Republican presidential candidate's proposed wall along the Mexico-U.S. border, contradicting Trump's assertion they didn't discuss payment.............................

Trump earlier told a joint news conference with Pena Nieto after their meeting in Mexico City that the pair had discussed the wall but not who would pay for it. ................

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