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Trump tells Mayor Garcetti he supports LA’s Olympics bid – Los Angeles Times
President-elect Donald Trump expressed his support for Los Angeles’ 2024 Olympic bid during a phone call with Mayor Eric Garcetti on Wednesday, Garcetti’s office said in a statement.
Garcetti spokeswoman Connie Llanos said Trump spoke on the phone with the mayor in their first exchange since the Nov. 8 election.
Besides talking about the Olympic bid, Llanos said the pair “had a productive conversation about ways to expand infrastructure investments and opportunities in communities across America.”
Llanos’ statement did not provide details about the tone of the call, how long the two men spoke, or what Trump said about immigration.
However, she said the mayor “stressed the important role that immigrants and immigration reform will play in L.A.’s — and the nation’s — long-term success.”
The phone call came as the country’s big-city mayors, mostly representing heavily Democratic cities, are reaching out to Trump.
Trump’s representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the phone call.
Garcetti supported fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton during the presidential race and had slammed Trump as a “racist” and a “bigot.” He also questioned during the race whether a Trump presidency would hurt L.A.’s chances at securing the Olympics.
Reince Priebus, Trump’s choice for White House chief of staff, told CNN on Sunday that the Trump administration will explore cutting off federal money to so-called sanctuary cities, which has raised questions about whether Los Angeles will be targeted by the incoming president.
L.A. County is home to the more than 1 million of the estimated 11 million immigrants in the country illegally, according to the Migration Policy Institute.
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