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House conservatives call for ethics probe into Joaquin Castro tweet
The Hill ^ | 08/09/19 | Juliegrace Brufke

Posted on 08/09/2019 1:57:37 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

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Julián Castro defended the tweet after Trump blasted the move.

The Front Hole Brothers don't appear to understand our representative form of government.

A US House representative is the shield and advocate of his constituents.

If he attacks his own constituents like Jokey did, it's literally government tyranny, since he will NOT advocate for or shield the constituents he's attacking.

21 posted on 08/09/2019 3:35:19 PM PDT by kiryandil (The Media & the DNC tells you who you're gonna vote for. We CHOSE Trump.)
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To: 4Liberty

I hope Cernovich can prove it.


22 posted on 08/09/2019 3:36:27 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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It’s publicly available information. It’s sleazy and rude, but not an ethics violation.

It's literally the job of a US House representative to advocate for and protect his constituents - not attack them and put them in danger.

I learned that in my youth, & it saved me $4,000 in an incorrect IRS levy.

Joaquin's actions inform his constituents that if he or his staff discovers that you voted for an "unapproved" candidate, there would be a very good chance that he and his office would join in an IRS [or other government agency] attack on you, instead of helping you - which is his JOB, if you've done nothing wrong and are law-abiding.

It's the very definition of government tyranny.

23 posted on 08/09/2019 3:43:29 PM PDT by kiryandil (The Media & the DNC tells you who you're gonna vote for. We CHOSE Trump.)
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The information may be publicly available, but it is not typically put on public view. Only people who look for the information would see it.

What Castro did was to publicize the information, along with defaming the people whose names he publicized. It is obvious he was inviting people to harass and attack those whose names he publicized.

He most certainly did commit an ethics violation. Inciting violence against people is highly unethical.


24 posted on 08/09/2019 4:03:03 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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House Ethics Committee. If they reject the request, it will further expose the Democrats as both politically corrupt hypocrites (they don’t care) but also as protectors of physical threats to conservatives and even other Democrats.

That is the lesson we must teach.


25 posted on 08/09/2019 4:06:57 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: yesthatjallen

Shouldn’t be hard to do, it’s public information.


26 posted on 08/09/2019 4:21:43 PM PDT by ozarkgirl
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“It cannot be fairly argued that Rep. Castro had any other purpose in posting that list and telling his activist followers that those individuals were inciting hate.

“Whether he intended to provoke physical violence or merely verbal harassment, his intent was to chill the free speech and free association rights of Americans.”


27 posted on 08/09/2019 6:09:46 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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Congressman [???] with the mentality of a maggot.

28 posted on 08/09/2019 6:26:11 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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People used to post that stuff on FR all the time. Every time a celebrity piece was on there was a cadre that put their donation info in the thread. Was that incitement to violence?


29 posted on 08/10/2019 6:36:21 AM PDT by discostu (I know that's a bummer baby, but it's got precious little to do with me)
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