#Trump rejects Hispanic Caucus plea to disinvite Mexico’s president

Trump denied the request in a handwritten message scrawled on top of a press release from Democratic caucus members.

“CHC – Thank you for your very nice letter. He is my friend and a wonderful man. I look forward to meeting with the president — will be good important for both Mexico the USA,” Trump wrote.

The response was sent to caucus chairman Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas).

Castro last week led a dozen fellow caucus Democrats — including New York’s Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — to ask Trump to cancel on Lopez Obrador.

Lopez Obrador should be uninvited because the visit “is nothing more than an attempt to distract from the coronavirus crisis and your failure to lead an adequate response to the pandemic,” the Democrats wrote to Trump.

The pandemic is “decimating Latino communities,” they wrote.

“Furthermore, any meeting with the President of Mexico should include an explanation to why the Pentagon is keeping as many as 4,000 troops at the border,” the Democrats said.

Castro is the brother of failed Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro.

Lopez Obrador, in office since 2018, is a veteran of leftist politics and often is compared to socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. He plans to fly commercial to DC.

It will be the second visit by a world leader since the coronavirus pandemic began in March. Polish President Andrzej Duda visited last month.

Lopez Obrador last week brushed off Trump’s past condemnation of crime linked to Mexican illegal immigrants and his vow to make Mexico pay for his border wall.