Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley issued a heartfelt plea to Canadian visitors this week, acknowledging the city’s tourism-dependent economy is suffering from a dramatic decline in international visitors, particularly from Canada, which represents the city’s largest international market.

“As the mayor of Las Vegas, I’m telling everybody in Canada, please come. We love you, we need you, and we miss you,” Berkley said during a press conference this week, where she addressed the multiple challenges facing the entertainment capital’s tourism industry.

The mayor’s latest comments echo concerns she first raised in an August press conference, where she painted a stark picture of the tourism decline.

“International travel is way down. People are not coming to the United States,” Berkley said last month. “’

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    If more people need to die due to their apathy or hate, so be it

    What an extremely callous and deranged thing to say

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      As callous and deranged as literally allowing an obvious fascist to consolidate power and declare war on those oppose him?

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        Totally fair! Out of 350 million people, all of them deserve the awful things that 78 million morons wanted. /s

        Your username should’ve been InhumaneNotInAmerica

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          Besides clutching pearls, what else are you planning to do? What is it that you’re waiting for? You’re clearly unhappy with the state of things. Are you one of those just hoping it will all sort itself out? Are you waiting for someone to save you?

          All the empathy in the world is going to help you exactly zero. I do feel bad for people who didn’t choose this. But that doesn’t mean you aren’t collectively shitting the bed right now. I’m not talking about individuals. There are people trying. Not nearly enough.