Touching down just before 2:40 p.m. local time, the president and first lady Melania Trump were greeted on the tarmac by Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, Gov. Greg Abbott
... governor of Texas. Abbott is a Republican. His 2014 Dem opponent, state senatrix Wendy Davis, thought the absolute, most pressing, most important issue facing the state was abortion. Abbott beat the pantyhose off her. His 2018 opponent, Lupe Valdez didn't dwell too heavily on abortion, but she lost too...and El Paso Mayor Dee Margo.
Trump’s visit was met with a reception divided between support and protests, as was his stop earlier Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio.
Both cities are recovering from horrific mass shootings over the weekend, which left a cumulative 31 people dead.
In the El Paso attack, Patrick Crusius, 21 ‐ armed with an AK-47-style rifle and a hatred of Hispanic im