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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick places his style in males’s put on on show throughout a speech in Las Vegas, Nevada.
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, a San Antonio Democrat, slammed Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Monday for describing migrants throughout a current TV look as “wild males” who’re “stampeding” into the nation.
“That is the sort of hateful, harmful rhetoric that impressed the 2019 bloodbath in El Paso — the place a madman drove 10 hours and murdered 23 individuals, together with Americans, to cease what he referred to as the Hispanic ‘invasion’ of Texas,” Castro stated in an emailed assertion. “Dan Patrick must cease spreading hate earlier than extra individuals are killed.”
Castro has been amongst most vocal congressional critics of Texas Republicans’ dehumanizing rhetoric about immigration, together with their invocation of the “Nice Alternative” concept, a racist declare that shadowy powers need migrants to cross the border to allow them to vote for progressive politicians and spoil the U.S. lifestyle.
Castro, a former head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, has warned GOP lawmakers’ “invasion” hyperbole about border crossings might encourage violence and vigilantism.
Patrick — a Republican who’s ceaselessly echoed former President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant sentiments — issued his newest screed March 24 on Fox Information’ Sunday Morning Futures program.
“So, do we would like wild males between 20 to 40 [years old], who we do not know something about their background, coming from all around the world, barging, charging, stampeding into our nation?” Patrick stated to Fox host Maria Bartiromo.
Castro wasn’t alone in taking offense. Patrick’s description of migrants drew fast rebukes on social media, the place critics blasted its concern mongering and racist.
“Peak third Reich stuff once more,” @SirusDrakeCGBI commented after freelance journalist Aaron Rupar posted a clip of Patrick’s interview on X, the platform previously referred to as Twitter.
Peak third Reich stuff once more.
— Atogrim von Draken (@SiriusDrakeCGBI) March 24, 2024
Patrick was on the present to debate Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s persevering with standoff with the Biden Administration over immigration and the state’s so-called “present me your papers regulation,” Senate Invoice 4. Civil rights teams are difficult the controversial laws in federal court docket, arguing it is unconstitutional and would result in rampant racial racial profiling.
SB 4, briefly blocked by the Fifth Circuit Court docket of Appeals whereas the case performs out, would enable state and native authorities to arrest anybody they think of being within the nation with out documentation. Moreover, the regulation would empower Texas state judges to deport these discovered responsible — a course of often reserved for federal judges.
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