JOINS US NEXT ON "MORNING JOE." JOAQUIN CASTRO OF TEXAS TWEETED
OUT A GRAPHIC THIS WEEK THAT
SHOWS THE NAMES AND EMPLOYERS OF
44 TRUMP CAMPAIGN DONORS IN SAN
ANTONIO.
ANTONIO. THE PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED THE
MAXIMUM AMOUNT ALLOWED BY
CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS.
CONGRESSMAN CASTRO WROTE THAT,
QUOTE, THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE
FUELING A CAMPAIGN OF HATE.
THAT LABELS HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS
AS INVADERS.
AS INVADERS. LATER ADDING ON TWITTER, HOW
ABOUT I STOP MENTIONING PUBLIC
CAMPAIGN DONORS AND HE STOPS
USING HIS MONEY FOR ADS THAT
FUEL HATE.
FUEL HATE. AND CONGRESSMAN JOAQUIN CASTRO
JOINS US NOW, HOUSE VICE CHAIR
OF FOREIGN COMMITTEE AND MEMBER
ON THE INTELLIGENCE AND WE
SHOULD MENTION CHAIRMAN OF HIS
BROTHER JULIAN’S PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. >> CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR BEING WITH US.
FIRST OF ALL, LET’S START AT THE
VERY BEGINNING BECAUSE I KNOW
THERE ARE A LOT OF REPUBLICAN
OFFICE HOLDERS WHO HAVE BEEN
LYING THROUGH THEIR TEETH ABOUT
HOW DANGEROUS THIS IS, THAT IT’S
THE -- SEHOW THAT YOU WERE
PUTTING THINGS OUT THAT ARE
SECRET.
SECRET. LET’S JUST START AT THE VERY
BEGINNING.
BEGINNING. THESE FEC LISTS ARE PUBLIC.
THERE’S COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY.
I DON’T KNOW ABOUT IN YOUR
HOMETOWN BUT WHEN I WAS RUNNING
FOR CONGRESS, THEY ALWAYS
PUBLISHED THE NAMES IN THE
NEWSPAPERS OF THE CONTRIBUTORS
WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE
CANDIDATES.
CANDIDATES. YOU DID NOTHING THAT EVERYBODY
DIDN’T ALREADY KNOW, IS THAT
CORRECT?
CORRECT? >> AND ALSO JOE, BEFORE I GET
INTO THE DISCUSSION, I WANT TO
MENTION THAT SOME OF THESE
REPUBLICANS SAD THAT I DOXED
THESE PEOPLE.
THESE PEOPLE. DOXING IS WHEN YOU TELL SOMEBODY
SOMEBODY’S PHYSICAL ADDRESS OR
PHONE NUMBER.
PHONE NUMBER. NONE OF THAT WAS IN THIS GRAPHIC
I SHARED WITH A LOCAL GROUP.
MY POST WAS ACTUALLY A LAMENT.
IF YOU LOOK AT MY LANGUAGE, I
SAID IT’S SAD THESE FOLKS, MANY
OF WHO ARE PROMINENT BUSINESS
OWNERS IN SAN ANTONIO, A CITY
THAT’S ABOUT 65% HISPANIC, THEIR
CUSTOMERS, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
MADE THEM WEALTHY, EMPLOYEES,
PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED FOR THEM
FOR YEARS, MANY OF THEIR
EMPLOYEES ARE HISPANICS AND
THEY’RE GIVING THEIR MONEY TO
MAIN TALKING ABOUT HISPANICS
INVADING OUR COUNTRY.
THIS IS A LAMENT ABOUT GOING TO
THE RESTAURANTS THESE PEOPLE
OWN, BUSINESSES THEY OWN, WE
PATRONIZE THESE PLACES AND
THEY’RE GIVING THIS MONEY TO
THIS GUY WHO’S TAKING THEIR
MONEY AND USING TO BUY FACEBOOK
ADS TALKING ABOUT HOW HISPANICS
ARE INVADING THIS COUNTRY.
AND THERE IS A COST TO THAT.
WE SAW THE COST TO THAT IN EL
PASO OVER THE WEEKEND, THAT
PEOPLE DIED.
PEOPLE DIED. THE MANIFESTO THAT THAT GUY
WROTE COULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY
THE PEOPLE THAT WRITE TRUMP’S
SPEECHES.
SPEECHES. AND I DON’T -- I NEVER --
>> A LOT OF LANGUAGE, YES.
A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE IS THERE.
LET’S GO INTO THE NEXT STEP,
BECAUSE YOU’RE RIGHT, THERE’S A
CONNECTION.
CONNECTION. WE SHOWED EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT
A LARGE NUMBER OF DONALD TRUMP’S
ADS TALKED ABOUT HISPANIC
INVASIONS, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT
INVASIONS.
INVASIONS. THE PRESIDENT, OF COURSE, HAS
TALKED ABOUT HISPANICS BEING
BREEDERS, MEXICANS BEING
RAPISTS.
RAPISTS. SOMEBODY SAID AT A RALLY, AS YOU
KNOW, SHOUTED OUT THAT HISPANIC
IMMIGRANTS SHOULD BE SHOT.
AND THE PRESIDENT LAUGHED AND
MADE A JOKE ABOUT IT.
THE CHANTS OF SEND HER BACK JUST
THIS MONTH.
THIS MONTH. IT’S VERY CLEAR THIS IS WHAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ITSELF HAS
CALLED IN GUIDELINES RACISM.
AND WHITE SUPREMACY.
IF YOU ARE FUNDING ADS THAT DO
THAT, YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT, IT
SEEMS TO ME HISPANICS HAVE A
RIGHT TO KNOW WHO IS FUNDING
THESE ADS THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ITSELF WOULD CALL
WHITE SUPREMACY.
WHITE SUPREMACY. >> THAT’S RIGHT.
WHEN YOU MAKE A POLITICAL
CONTRIBUTION, ESPECIALLY TO A
FEDERAL CANDIDATE, THAT’S A
PUBLIC RECORD.
PUBLIC RECORD. AND SO THAT GRAPHIC LISTS
PEOPLE’S NAMES AND MANY OF THEM
ARE BUSINESS OWNERS SO THEY
ACTUALLY OWN THOSE COMPANIES.
THESE ARE PROMINENT OWNERS, MOST
OF THEM PUBLIC FIGURES OR MANY
OF THEM PUBLIC FIGURES.
BUT THEIR MONEY IS BEING TAKEN
AND USED TO FUEL THESE HATEFUL
ADS.
ADS. AND IT HAS PUT MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY IN FEAR.
THERE ARE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW
LIVING IN FEAR AND I DON’T THINK
THE PRESIDENT UNDERSTANDS THAT.
I DON’T THINK THOSE DONORS
UNDERSTAND IT.
UNDERSTAND IT. BUT THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THEIR MONEY IS GOING TO.
SO YOU STARTED THE SEGMENT BY
NOTING THAT I’M ASKING BRAD
PARSCALE, THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER
FOR DONALD TRUMP AND LIVED IN
SAN ANTONIO FOR YEARS, I’M
ASKING HIM AND THE OTHER MEMBERS
OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP HIMSELF TO
COMMIT TO STOP RUNNING ADS ABOUT
HISPANIC INVASION TO THIS
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. STOP RUNNING THOSE ADS WHICH ARE
CREATING FEAR AND CAUSING
DANGER.
DANGER. LITERALLY PUTTING PEOPLE’S LIVES
IN DANGER.
IN DANGER. >> LITERALLY PUTTING PEOPLE’S
LIVES IN DANGER.
YOU CAN LOOK AT THE MANIFESTO
THAT TALKS ABOUT THE HISPANIC
INVASION OF TEXAS, HOW THAT IS
GOING TO HAVE A POLITICAL IMPACT
IN FUTURE ELECTIONS.
AGAIN, THERE IS A STRAIGHT,
DIRECT LINE THERE.
AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REPEAT
AGAIN, THESE FEC CONTRIBUTIONS
AND ALL OF THE INFORMATIONS AND
ALL OF THE INFORMATION OUT
THERE, IS ALREADY PUBLIC RECORD
AND USED IN MOST NEWSPAPERS
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
MIKA HAS A QUESTION.
>> I’M JUST ACTUALLY DOING SOME
MATH HERE AND I WOULD LOVE TO
HEAR THE CONGRESSMAN SORT OF
GIVE HIS POINT OF VIEW ON THIS,
BUT THE CONVERSATION OUT THERE
ABOUT WHERE THIS IS ALL COMING
FROM AND WHO’S CREATING THE
DANGER SEEMS KIND OF RIDICULOUS.
YOU’RE NOT RELEASING ANY NEW
INFORMATION OR REVEALING ANY
SECRETS.
SECRETS. YOU’RE LITERALLY FRAMING WHAT IS
ALREADY PUBLIC INFORMATION.
AND WOULDN’T YOU WANT MORE
PEOPLE TO KNOW WHO WAS FUNDING
WHICH PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN?
AND IF YOU’RE PROUD OF FUNDING
PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU NEED TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WILL BE
PUBLIC INFORMATION.
PUBLIC INFORMATION. AND ALL YOU’RE DOING IS TRYING
TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS IN TERMS
OF THE POLICIES OR THE MORALS
THAT YOU ARE FUNDING.
SO IN A WORLD WHERE WE HAVE TALK
SHOW HOSTS THAT WANT TO SAY THAT
WHITE SUPREMACY DOESN’T EXIST,
IT’S NOT A PROBLEM.
YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT SPEWS
HATE SPEECH, OKAY, AND THE
QUESTION I GUESS I HAVE FOR YOUR
CRITICS IS WHO’S CREATING THE
DANGER?
DANGER? BECAUSE I WOULD THINK THAT
AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE IN DANGER.
I WOULD THINK IMMIGRANTS ARE IN
DANGER.
DANGER. I WOULD THINK LATINOS ARE IN
DANGER.
DANGER. AND THAT’S THE DANGER WE SHOULD
BE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT’S MY QUESTION.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
I MADE THE POINT THAT THEIR
MONEY IS GOING TO FUEL THESE ADS
AND THAT’S CREATING A DANGER.
IT’S INSIGHTINGCITING HATE TOWAR
COMMUNITY AND CREATING A DANGER
FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
WE SAW AN INSTANCE WHERE THERE’S
A COST TO THAT.
IN EL PASO THE TERRORISTS, THE
SHOOTER, BASICALLY MIMICS A LOT
OF THE LANGUAGE PRESIDENT TRUMP
HIMSELF HAS USED AND THAT’S
CONSISTENT WITH THOSE FACEBOOK
ADS.
ADS. SO GIVING MONEY TO DONALD TRUMP
AT THIS POINT SHOULD NOT BE
CONSIDERED JUST THE COST OF
DOING BUSINESS, OR I WANT TO --
I’M A REPUBLICAN IN GOOD
STANDING SO I WANT TO SUPPORT
THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT. YOU’RE GIVING MONEY FOR SOMEBODY
THAT’S GOING AFTER A COMMUNITY,
AND PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN KILLED
BECAUSE OF THAT.
>> CONGRESSMAN, IT’S WILLIE
GEIST.
GEIST. IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS
MORNING.
MORNING. WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE HERE?
WHAT DO YOU HOPE WILL HAPPEN TO
THE 44 PRIVATE CITIZENS WHOSE
NAMES YOU POSTED?
DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO BOYCOTT
THEIR COMPANIES, PROTEST OUTSIDE
THEIR HOMES?
THEIR HOMES? WHAT IS YOUR GOAL HERE?
>> NO, THAT WAS NEVER MY GOAL.
LIKE I SAID, MY POST WAS
ACTUALLY AS A SAN ANTONIAN, MY
FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 1922.
IT WAS A LAMENT.
IT WASN’T MEANT AS A BOYCOTT.
IT WASN’T MEANT TO TARGET THESE
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. IT WAS MEANT TO DRAW ATTENTION
TO THE FACT WE’VE GOT A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE
RESPECTED BY SAN ANTONIO, WHO
ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS GUY
THAT’S USING THEIR MONEY TO FUEL
HATE.
HATE. AND SO WHAT I HOPE IS THAT THIS
HAS STARTED A CONVERSATION ABOUT
WHAT EXACTLY DONALD TRUMP
DOING WITH THESE PEOPLE’S MONEY.
AND I HOPE THAT THESE DONORS IN
SAN TEENANTONIO AND DONORS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, UNLESS
YOU SUPPORT THE WHITE
NATIONALISM AND THE RACISM THAT
DONALD TRUMP IS PAYING FOR AND
FUELING, THEN I HOPE THAT YOU,
AS A PERSON OF GOOD CONSCIENCE,
WILL THINK TWICE ABOUT
CONTRIBUTING TO HIS CAMPAIGN.
>> BUT CONGRESSMAN, AS YOU LOOK
AT THIS LIST, AND YOU EVEN PUT
THEIR ADDRESSES OUT THERE.
IT’S EASY TO FIND THEM.
KNEES PEOPLE ARE UNDOUBTEDLY
ALREADY BEING HARASSED ON LINE
OR IN FACE TO FACE IN SOME
CASES, THEY COULD BE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE THIS
MORNING WHEN YOU SAY, I MADE A
CAMPAIGN DONATION AND NOW I’M
BEING HARASSED?
BEING HARASSED? I’M GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE
PROTESTING OUTSIDE MY BUSINESS
OR PERHAPS EVEN MY HOME?
WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO SAY?
DO YOU WANT THEM TO REPENT FOR
DONALD TRUMP OR WHAT DO YOU WANT
FROM THEM?
FROM THEM? >> FIRST THING, I DON’T WANT
ANYBODY HARASSED OR TORMENTED --
>> THEY WILL BE BECAUSE YOU PUT
THEIR NAMES IN PUBLIC.
>> THAT’S NOT MY INTENTION.
>> BUT THAT WILL HAPPEN.
>> THESE THINGS ARE PUBLIC.
WHAT I WANT IS FOR PEOPLE TO
THINK TWICE ABOUT SUPPORTING A
GUY WHO IS FUELING HATE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >> CONGRESSMAN, DO YOU BELIEVE
IN THIS CULTURE -- AND I’M
MAKING NO EQUIVALENCY WITH WHAT
DONALD TRUMP IS DOING, ABOUT THE
ADS HE’S PUTTING UP, THE
RHETORIC HE USES.
IF YOU BELIEVE RHETORIC CAN LEAD
TO INCITEMENT, EVEN IF IT
TRIGGERS ONE PERSON TO BE
CAREFUL, DOES IT GIVE YOU ANY
PAUSE TO PUT THESE NAMES OUT IN
PUBLIC?
PUBLIC? >> WILLIE, THEY’RE ALREADY OUT
THERE.
THERE. >> THERE IS ONE HOMEMAKER AND A
LIBERTARIAN WHO IS NOT PUBLIC.
>> ONE THING I AM CONCERNED
ABOUT IS THE DISTRACTION FROM
THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE
GRIEVING IN EL PASO, THAT THESE
FOLKS JUST GOT KILLED, AND THERE
ARE FUNERALS THAT ARE BEING
PLANNED RIGHT NOW, AND THE WORLD
AND THE COUNTRY SHOULD BE
FOCUSED ON THAT, ON THE COUNTRY
COMING TOGETHER AND HEALING, THE
COUNTRY UNIFYING.
COUNTRY UNIFYING. SO I’M CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF
THAT.
THAT. I DON’T WANT ANYBODY ON THE LEFT
OR THE RIGHT TO BE A TARGET OF
ANY CRAZY PERSON, OF ANY PERSON
WHO MEANS THEM HARM AT ALL.
>> IT WOULD BE NICE TO HEAR,
ACTUALLY, THOSE THAT ARE
CONTRIBUTING TO DONALD TRUMP SAY
THE SAME THING.
BECAUSE HERE’S A GUY WHO, AGAIN,
LAUGHS WHEN PEOPLE IN HIS
AUDIENCE GET WHIPPED INTO SUCH A
FRENZY THAT SOMEBODY SAYS SHOOT
HISPANICS THAT COME INTO THE
COUNTRY, DONALD TRUMP LAUGHS
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. THEY HAVE SHOUTS OF "SEND HER
BACK" FOR NON-WHITE MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. >> THAT’S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I’VE HEARD SO MANY STORIES FROM
FOLKS THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT IN
PARTICULAR THE LAST FEW MONTHS
AS HIS CAMPAIGN HAS STARTED TO
INTENSIFY ABOUT HOW THEY DON’T
FEEL SAFE.
FEEL SAFE. THESE ARE BROWN-SKINNED PEOPLE
THAT CAN’T HIDE THEIR SKIN
COLOR.
COLOR. THEY CAN’T HIDE THEMSELVES IN
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC. HE’S MADE THEM A CONSTANT
TARGET.
TARGET. THEY CAN’T GET AWAY FROM THAT.
EVERY TIME THEY GO OUTSIDE,
THEY’RE FEARFUL.
THEY’RE FEARFUL. SO, YEAH, YOU’VE GOT A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT ARE
LIVING IN FEAR BECAUSE OF THIS
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. AND WHAT I’M ASKING FOR IS FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THAT EFFORT TO
THINK TWICE ABOUT IT, AND I’M
DIRECTLY ASKING THE PRESIDENT TO
STOP SPENDING MONEY ON CAMPAIGN
ADS THAT TARGET AN ENTIRE
COMMUNITY AND INSPIRE SHOOTERS
LIKE THE ONE IN EL PASO TO GO DO
WHAT HE DID.
>> WE AGREE ON THAT,
CONGRESSMAN.
CONGRESSMAN. I HOPE WE AGREE, TOO, THAT
INCITEMENT IS BAD FOR THE
COUNTRY AND OUR POLITICS.
CONGRESSMAN JOAQUIN CASTRO,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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