October 20, 2022 7:00am EDT
Democrat Texas mayor accused of lying about pressure from WH on handling migrant crisis: 'We have receipts'
City council member says Mayor Oscar Leeser was not truthful in answering Dana Perino's questions
By Amy Nelson | Fox News
El Paso City Council member Claudia Rodriguez called out the city's Democratic mayor Wednesday night, saying he has been caught in a lie.
Earlier on Fox News Wednesday, El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser denied Rodriguez's allegation that he was pressured by the White House to avoid declaring the migrant influx an emergency in the city, insisting he made the decision himself.
"Absolutely not," Leeser told host Dana Perino. "One of the things we need to learn and really make sure we do is that we take the politics out of this."
Video footage from a September city council meeting, however, appears to show otherwise.
"The chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, Chief Ortiz, he does not support declaring a state of emergency at this point," Leeser said during the Sept. 27 meeting. "And the White House has asked at this point for us not to do that."
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