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On the recordAugust 21, 2017
I felt that after the tragedy in Charlottesville, which happened just a short time ago, the president's failed moral leadership after Charlottesville. His failure to unequivocally condemn the racism and the white nationalism and the Nazis there, to have a campaign rally here in Phoenix, Arizona so shortly thereafter. You put it all together, it was such a dangerous combination that I thought the rally was not the correct thing to do here in Phoenix at this time.

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Mayor Stanton expresses his concerns about President Trump's rally in Phoenix following the events in Charlottesville, criticizing the president's moral leadership.

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