Threats Now Being Made Against Joaquin Castro
[guest post by Dana]
This isn’t a surprise. Whether on the left or on the right, there are people just waiting for one little extra nudge to act out on their anger. It is, however, a bit ironic when you consider that Castro said on Morning Joe that he didn’t want anyone on the left or right to be a target of “any crazy person,” and now he himself is a target. It just goes to show it really didn’t matter what Castro wanted. And what arrogance to think that it did. He set the ball in motion, and the chips fell. And because certain unhinged individuals are looking for a nudge to act out on their anger and behave badly, they found one in a list, and in Castro:
The San Antonio Police Department and Bexar County Sheriff’s Office increased patrols at the congressional district office and home of Rep. Joaquin Castro after threats were made against the congressman, records obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders show.
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Police records obtained by the Defenders show that SAPD officers were ordered by Chief William McManus’ office to begin increased patrols of Castro’s district office in downtown San Antonio on Thursday. The order stated that Castro “has received threats.” According to the document, the assignment is still in effect.
Another record obtained by KSAT shows Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar requested deputies patrol by Castro’s home on Wednesday.
While the Sheriff’s Office declined to respond to questions about how long the order for increased patrols will last, the agency sent the following statement: “While we cannot comment on the exact details of this matter, Sheriff Salazar along with the men and women of the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office take our responsibility to protect and serve all Bexar County Residents, including our elected officials.”
In other words, they are doing what they are charged to do. With that, I hope that any of the 44 individuals named on the list are harassed or threatened, will be given the same level of consideration by law enforcement, especially the elderly San Antonio woman who was on the list and received a threatening voicemail.
Yesterday, Julian Castro defended his brother, saying he was proud of him:
“I’m very proud of my brother,” Julian Castro told MSNBC’s “Kasie DC.”
My brother took what is publicly available information that newspapers, other publications regularly do about people who maxed out, made the maximum contribution to President Trump here in San Antonio and he put that forward, as he said, as a lament to say, wow, just look.
In the city that is more than 63 percent Hispanic, a lot of these big business owners who were on this list who have basically made their fortune off the Hispanic community are putting money into the pocket of a campaign of a president that is turning around and using that money to fund something like 2,000 ads that say that there’s Hispanic invasion in the United States.
I find that very disappointing, very ironic and, you know, I believe that my brother had every right to do that, and that people should know who was funding that campaign of hate. I believe that’s completely legitimate information, and, you know, I think that one of the reasons that Donald Trump tweeted at my brother is because he must be afraid that people are ashamed that they gave to him or something.
Hm, he might want to rethink that whole bit about being “ashamed”.
(Cross-posted at The Jury Talks Back.)
–Dana
It’s the height of arrogance that Castro said he didn’t *want* anyone harassed. As if that matters to the angry and unbalanced. Donors on list are harassed. Castro is harassed. Trump will campaign off of the target list and make a bundle of money doing so. Helluva job there, Joaquin!
Dana (fdf131) — 8/12/2019 @ 8:08 pmPolice records obtained by the Defenders show that SAPD officers were ordered by Chief William McManus’ office to begin increased patrols of Castro’s district office in downtown San Antonio on Thursday.
Not good enough. The police should take both the Castro brothers into protective custody.
nk (dbc370) — 8/12/2019 @ 8:47 pmWhich one of them twin hombres is the one what rides side-saddle?
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 8/12/2019 @ 9:41 pmThe only thing that Joaquín Castro (you guys continue to deny the Castro brothers their well-earned acento) should be threatened with is the prospect of having to find a job in the private sector.
JVW (54fd0b) — 8/12/2019 @ 9:58 pmThe victim card is the second highest ranking card in the Democrat deck, after the race card. I place very little stock in the alleged threats. Bastards are liars, Shakespeare wrote poems about it.
nk (dbc370) — 8/12/2019 @ 10:10 pmThere is no accent in castro, its an understandable mistake.
Narciso (55c8b7) — 8/12/2019 @ 10:12 pmbrothers can be so stupid.
mg (8cbc69) — 8/12/2019 @ 10:28 pmfredo at cnn had meltdown. lmao
mg (8cbc69) — 8/12/2019 @ 10:36 pmhttps://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/08/12/cnns-cuomo-has-a-total-meltdown-n2551563
mg (8cbc69) — 8/12/2019 @ 10:43 pmIf you can’t stand the heat stay out of the kitchen! Harry Truman.
lany (7acf4c) — 8/13/2019 @ 12:21 amFredo was lucky he had babysitters by his side.
mg (8cbc69) — 8/13/2019 @ 3:13 amWhat was I saying about the victim card? Poor, poor victim of Italophobia Chris Cuomo.
nk (dbc370) — 8/13/2019 @ 4:54 amWhite males 50 and older should be playing that card.
mg (8cbc69) — 8/13/2019 @ 4:58 amI wonder if the private citizens that are being threatened by the mob he incited against them are getting the same courtesy from the same Law Enforcement agencies as he for their homes and businesses?
Methinks likely not.
MJN1957 (85ea38) — 8/13/2019 @ 5:29 amIf Mother Teresa came down from heaven and restored faith to millions with a wave of her hand, she would face death threats and get ratioed on twitter. (Presuming that twitter did not disappear in a puff of angry smoke as part of the healing)
In other words, death threats are typical for any public figure doing a public thing that gets any serious publicity. That stinks.
Appalled (d07ae6) — 8/13/2019 @ 5:37 amThis is why I donate to dark money committees, which are not required to list their contributors.
rip mudock (d2a2a8) — 8/13/2019 @ 9:32 amCastro: Reap what you sow.
rcocean (1a839e) — 8/13/2019 @ 2:21 pm