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Some US Mayors Want Donald Trump to Stay Out of Their Cities

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 08: Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter speaks at the National Action Network (NAN) national convention on April 8, 2015 in New York City. Reverend Al Sharpton founded NAN in 1991; the convention hosted various politicians, organizers and religious leaders to talk about the nation's most pressing issues. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

As Donald Trump seeks to bar Muslims from entering the United States, some mayors across the country have a message for the Republican presidential front-runner: Stay away.

From Philadelphia to St. Petersburg, Fla., mayors — joining most of Trump’s fellow presidential hopefuls — are denouncing the proposal in forceful language.

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, a Democrat, used a blunt profanity to describe Trump at a news conference this week with local religious leaders.

Though Nutter apologized for his language – Philadelphia is a city where people are known to speak their minds – he insisted that Trump’s rhetoric is harmful to the country.

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