Where Is San Antonio in Relation to the Border? An Investigation That Is Apparently Necessary
Because after Trump crowed about the city’s wall, Fox News announced a “Battle for the Border” town hall—in a city 144 miles from Mexico.
Dan Solomon writes about politics, music, food, sports, criminal justice, health care, film, and business. Dan started working with Texas Monthly as a freelancer in 2013 before becoming a staff writer, covering topics from the Baylor sexual assault scandal to the gentrification of Austin barbecue to the legacy of Texas outsider artist Daniel Johnston. His reporting has appeared in the New York Times, GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired, Fast Company, Billboard, and Deadspin.
Because after Trump crowed about the city’s wall, Fox News announced a “Battle for the Border” town hall—in a city 144 miles from Mexico.
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