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Joaquin Castro Invites Harassment of His Own Constituents For Their Support of President Trump
Townhall.com ^ | August 8, 2019 | Tim Murtaugh

Posted on 08/09/2019 12:52:49 AM PDT by Kaslin

The Democrats’ all-consuming hatred of President Trump leads to some serious lapses in judgment. They don’t even seem to mind if their own constituents become collateral damage in their scorched-earth campaign to take down the President. Democrats are now employing a tactic of “naming and shaming” that all Americans, including other candidates and party leaders, should condemn and disavow.

Representative Joaquin Castro — a San Antonio Democrat who also runs his twin brother Julian’s presidential campaign — deliberately put Trump supporters from his own district in harm’s way Tuesday, proving that Democrats are totally insincere when they accuse Trump of inflaming passions with his rhetoric.

In the days following the horrific mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso, emotions and tensions are understandably running high. In an effort to capitalize on this politically, Castro tweeted out a list of 44 San Antonio residents who made the maximum contribution to the Trump Campaign in 2019, including their full names and employers. Castro even singled several of them out as local business owners. By tweeting out a list of Trump donors from San Antonio, Joaquin put Julian’s already-doomed presidential aspirations above the people he was elected to represent.

The lawmaker didn’t leave his meaning to the imagination, either, telling his followers that “their contributions are fueling a campaign of hate that labels Hispanic immigrants as ‘invaders.’” In a subsequent interview on MSNBC, Castro said his idea was to make Trump donors “think twice” about supporting the re-election of the President. This is unmistakably threatening language.

Democrats and the mainstream media constantly obsess over the President’s “rhetoric,” as Castro himself alluded to in his tweet, yet by demonizing specific individuals, Castro went far beyond anything liberals have ever even accused Donald Trump of saying. 

The Castro campaign is unapologetic about their actions and motives, so the question must be asked: Are all of the other Democrat candidates for president comfortable with this tactic? Will DNC Chairman Tom Perez or Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemn it as unacceptably placing private citizens at risk?

Castro directly exposed fellow San Antonio residents to threats of harassment, boycotts, and violence by essentially laying the blame for the El Paso shooting at their feet. This is irresponsible, dangerous, and a dereliction of duty. Joaquin Castro shouldn’t single out and try to shame his constituents for their political affiliations; he should fight for them. The people of San Antonio deserve better from their representative in Congress.

Castro is the twin brother of San Antonio mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Julian Castro. He is also the chairman of his brother’s presidential campaign.

When I called out Castro for publishing his target list, he remained obstinate. He doesn’t seem to care that he has, at the very least, invited the harassment of law-abiding citizens and, at worst, encouraged violence. Instead, he seems proud of it. 

In contrast to Castro’s efforts to pit his own constituents against each other, President Trump has proudly defended the interests of all Americans, regardless of political party, throughout his tenure in the Oval Office. Democrats complain about the President’s use of the word “invasion” to describe the crisis at our southern border. But with over a million people projected to enter the country illegally this year, and more making their way through Mexico at any given moment, it is an accurate description of the situation. The President is the only person showing concern for American citizens who are hurt by unfettered illegal immigration.

Unlike Castro, the President struck a chord of unity in response to the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, using conciliatory rhetoric to bring a broken nation together. In the wake of national tragedies such as these, we need to come together as Americans and focus on what we hold in common. President Trump has done just that, putting the interests of the nation over the partisan brawl.

Joaquin Castro took a huge political gamble in hopes of resurrecting his brother’s comatose presidential campaign, betting that hatred for President Trump runs deeper among Democrat voters than their sense of decency. The American people, though, will never tolerate such cynical partisan games.


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1 posted on 08/09/2019 12:52:49 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Review what Castro has done for San Antonio families. Support homosexual agenda. Support La Raza racist attitudes towards white people. Etc. San Antonio deserves better and San Antonio has better in all colors.


2 posted on 08/09/2019 1:39:54 AM PDT by KDF48 (Redeemed by Christ.)
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To: Kaslin

I would suggest conservatives to leave these shtholes.


3 posted on 08/09/2019 2:43:16 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hatse:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: Kaslin

Mike Cernovich — “I won’t dox people as @JoaquinCastrotx did, but can confirm that his target list omitted Latino donors in San Antonio for Trump.

This means that Castro specifically singled out donors for their race, in violation of federal hate crime laws.”


4 posted on 08/09/2019 3:00:29 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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Trump has to be ecstatic. The Democrats are running morons like Castro that couldn't even beat
a one-legged marathoner. Dems entire platform lists every reason NOT to vote for a Democrap
:
<><> forcing Normal Americans to work so that Dems can be "the good guys"
<><> Dems showering illegal aliens w/ taxpaid freebies buys a lot of votes.
<><> Democraps want the US in obeisance to the dictates of the transnational global elite at the UN;
<><> these elites demand the US suck up to the few foreigners still traveling first class over the border;

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AND THIS -- Americans paying bigtime to shower the globe w/ billions for climate control to keep it a degree cooler.

CIRCA 2017---His final days in office, Obama transfers $500m to Green Climate Fund to protect Paris deal;
That's Obama's second $500M withdrawn from State Dept using executive powers; bypassing congressional support.

Michael Slezak / Tue 17 Jan 2017 / Last modified on Wed 14 Feb 2018

Barack Obama has transferred a second $500m installment from the State Dept to the Green Climate Fund just three days before he leaves office. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP Barack Obama has heeded calls to help secure the future of the historic Paris agreement by transferring a second $500m instalment to the Green Climate Fund, just three days before he leaves office. The fund was a key aspect of the Paris agreement signed in 2015, which aims to keep global warming “well below” 2C and aspires to keep warming to 1.5C.

Established in 2010, it is financed by wealthy countries and used to assist developing countries with adaptation and mitigation. It was widely seen as a key measure to bring both rich and poor countries to the negotiating table. The US committed to transferring $3bn to the fund. The new installment leaves $2bn owing, with the incoming president, Donald Trump, expected to cease any further payments.

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The $billion that made a short cut thru numbered accounts in a French Polynesian bank? (smirk)

5 posted on 08/09/2019 3:03:41 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. conclusive)
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BEWARE THE CASTROS

The identical Castro twin brothers and their mother Mamie.
She is a founder and organizer of the violent, hate-America La Raza.

God knows how many tax dollars went to La Raza when Julian ran HUD---the known hot spot for corrupt politicians.... and the other govt jobs the brothers held.

ALL FOR US NOTHING FOR YOU The Castros believe:
<><> illegals should get unlimited freebies
<><> that Americans should be forced to pay for it
<><> They want illegals to takeover Americans' jobs
<><> they'd gladly put Americans out of work
<><> they bless illegals sending billions in remittances
<><> They'd let illegals break the law without any fear of arrest.

An earlier failed immigration "Reform" Bill established an eternal 100 million dollar "replenishable" govt fund for La Raza (Mommy Castro's wish come true).

The bill also protected Crooked Latino Public Officials holding US govt positions from prosecution for wrongdoing in elective and appointive office.

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REFERENCE-----“VIVA CHE GUEVARA!” “Happy Birthday to Comandante Che Guevara!” are just two of the many tributes and accolades for the hate-filled, mass-murdering terrorist found on La Raza Unida’s Facebook page. “HATRED is the central element of our struggle!… HATRED that is intransigent….HATRED so violent that it propels a human being beyond his natural limitations, making him a violent and cold- blooded killing machine…We reject any peaceful approach. Violence is inevitable. To establish Socialism RIVERS OF BLOOD MUST FLOW!….The victory of Socialism is well worth millions of atomic victims!” “The U.S. is the great enemy of mankind! Against those hyenas there is no option but extermination….If the missiles had remained in Cuba we would have fired them against the heart of the U.S. including New York City!” “My nostrils dilate while savoring the acrid odor of gunpowder and blood!…Crazy with fury I will stain my rifle red while slaughtering any surrendered enemy that falls in my hands! With the deaths of my enemies I prepare my being for the sacred fight and join the triumphant proletariat with a bestial howl!” (La Raza’s idol, Che Guevara.)

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There you have it. The mother of a man who presumes to lead the United States as president (and who “taught her son everything he knows about politics,” according to a media fluff piece) helped found La Raza, a group whose revered idol is a communist, mass-murdering terrorist, whose lifelong object of burning hatred was the country her son presumes to lead as president! And whose lifelong craving was to nuke and otherwise exterminate the hyenas that populate the country her son presumes to lead as president!

6 posted on 08/09/2019 3:07:52 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. conclusive)
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To: Kaslin

Someone needs to publicly publish this punk’s home a dress complete with Google street view pictures of his residence


7 posted on 08/09/2019 3:08:59 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse

So photograph and publish pictures of his vehicles. Every one of them. Show the license plate numbers


8 posted on 08/09/2019 3:09:46 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse

Come on boys. Fire with fire. Forward to the foe.


9 posted on 08/09/2019 3:11:45 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse
His home a dress?

Address is one word and has 2 (two) Ds

10 posted on 08/09/2019 3:15:52 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Another fine example of the hatred on parade daily for the benefit of the shrinking group of those who still deny where actual evil originates.


11 posted on 08/09/2019 3:17:55 AM PDT by Theophilous Meatyard III
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To: Kaslin

sorry, voice dictation app sometimes screws up.


12 posted on 08/09/2019 3:55:17 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: Liz

Dems don’t give 2 sh*ts about who they take down in their climb to power. They are looking to fill their pockets only with that power and everyone else’s money.


13 posted on 08/09/2019 4:07:48 AM PDT by PLOM...NOT! (With guns, we are citizens. Without them, we are subjects.)
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To: Kaslin

His home a dress?

No, that spelling is correct for him and his brother.

See also: joto.

There’s pictures and names he wouldn’t want to see published. Well, given the way the democraps have moved, maybe he would.


14 posted on 08/09/2019 4:50:09 AM PDT by I cannot think of a name
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To: Kaslin

The mother of the Castro twins is the founder of LA RAZA.

That fact needs more publicity.


15 posted on 08/09/2019 6:43:59 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: ridesthemiles

Yes, I read about that and it sure does need to get out.


16 posted on 08/09/2019 6:59:17 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Somebody’s gonna attack what he thinks is a “conservative white Anglo male” and then get shot.

His blood will be on the Castro bros’ hands.


17 posted on 08/09/2019 9:25:01 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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