Phoenix Mayor Calls On Trump To Delay Planned Campaign Rally After C’Ville

Greg Stanton mayor City of Phoenix, speaks at the ribbon cutting ceremony during the inauguration the Arizona State Trade and Investment Office in Mexico City, Tuesday Oct. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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Mayor Greg Stanton of Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump to postpone a planned campaign rally in the city after violence erupted at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“I am disappointed that President Trump has chosen to hold a campaign rally as our nation is still healing from the tragic events in Charlottesville,” Stanton said in a statement.

He suggested that Trump might have scheduled the rally to “announce a pardon for former Sheriff Joe Arpaio,” who was convicted in July of criminal contempt of court.

“Then it will be clear that his true intent is to enflame emotions and further divide our nation,” Stanton said. “It is my hope that more sound judgment prevails and that he delays his visit.”

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