周二下午，来自德克萨斯州的两名共和党参议员抨击了一名德克萨斯州同胞，因为他号召圣安东尼奥捐助者为唐纳德·特朗普总统的竞选捐款最多。
圣安东尼奥的民主党代表华金·卡斯特罗说，他所在地区的一些知名企业主和个人正在“煽动仇恨运动”，将移民贴上“入侵者”的标签
“看到这么多圣安东尼奥人成为2019年所有者唐纳德·特朗普的最大捐赠者，我很难过@ BillMillerBarBQ的主人@ HistoricPearl房地产经纪人菲利斯·布朗宁，etc.，”卡斯特罗周一发推特。“他们的贡献助长了一场仇恨运动，将西班牙移民称为‘入侵者’"
卡斯特罗贴出了一张照片，上面有44名捐赠者，他们在每个选举周期向一名候选人捐赠了最多2800美元。尽管这些信息是公开记录，卡斯特罗的推特被证明是有争议的，首先是新闻媒体，然后是两位参议员。
周二，参议员特德·克鲁兹和约翰·科宁回击。
“每个人都需要淡化可恶的党派言论。这是错误的&卡斯特罗应该收回它。在我们的立宪共和国，人民正确地要求他们的代表承担责任；克鲁兹在推特上写道:“当选代表不应该诽谤和诋毁他们自己的选民。”。
柯宁说卡斯特罗的推特“非常不合适”，是“不惜一切代价赢得胜利”的心态的一部分
“这是非常不恰当的，尤其是在最近发生悲剧性枪击事件之后。康宁写道:“这种不惜一切代价的心态，公开攻击对手的支持者，鼓励报复是危险的，这不是德克萨斯人有权从他们的国会议员那里得到的。”。
卡斯特罗发布这条推文的前两天，一名21岁的白人男子据称从达拉斯北部开车600多英里到埃尔帕索，在沃尔玛用半自动步枪杀死了22人。枪手此前曾表示，他反对“西班牙人入侵德克萨斯州”埃尔帕索有大量西班牙裔人口。
卡斯特罗的推特还正值特朗普总统在大屠杀后访问埃尔帕索。这位国会议员周二还在脸书上发布了一条信息，称枪手的言论与总统的言论相似。
“特朗普总统不能推卸责任，”华金·卡斯特罗写道。“埃尔帕索恐怖主义宣言中的语言与总统用来对这个国家的西班牙移民进行非人化和妖魔化的语言惊人地相似。暴力刚刚蔓延开来。”
44岁的卡斯特罗是他在国会的第四个任期，也是2020年民主党总统候选人朱利安·卡斯特罗的孪生兄弟。华金也是朱利安总统竞选团队的竞选主席。
TEXAS SENATORS CORNYN, CRUZ RIP DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN FOR CALLING OUT CONSTITUENTS WHO DONATED TO TRUMP
Tuesday afternoon, two Republican senators from Texas laid into a fellow Texan for calling out San Antonio donors who gave the maximum amount to President Donald Trump's campaign.
Joaquin Castro, a Democratic representative from San Antonio, said some prominent business owners and individuals in his district were "fueling a campaign of hate" that labeled immigrants as "invaders."
"Sad to see so many San Antonians as 2019 maximum donors to Donald Trump — the owner of @BillMillerBarBQ, owner of the @HistoricPearl, realtor Phyllis Browning, etc.," Castro tweeted Monday. "Their contributions are fueling a campaign of hate that labels Hispanic immigrants as 'invaders.'"
Castro posted an image of the 44 donors who have donated the maximum amount of $2,800 to a candidate per election cycle. Though the information is public record, Castro's tweet proved controversial, first in the news media and then from the two senators.
Tuesday, Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn sniped back.
"EVERYONE needs to tone the hateful partisan rhetoric way down. This is WRONG & Castro should retract it. In our constitutional Republic, the People rightly hold their representatives accountable; elected representatives should not be vilifying & doxxing their own constituents," Cruz tweeted.
Cornyn said Castro's tweet was "grossly inappropriate" and was part of a "win-at-all-costs mentality."
"This is grossly inappropriate, especially in the wake of recent tragic shootings. This win-at-all-costs mentality, publicly targeting an opponent's supporters, and encouraging retaliation is dangerous and not what Texans have a right to expect from their members of Congress," Cornyn wrote.
Castro's tweet comes just two days after a 21-year-old white man allegedly drove more than 600 miles from north of Dallas to El Paso and killed 22 people at a Walmart with a semi-automatic rifle. The shooter had previously posted he was against "the Hispanic invasion of Texas." El Paso has a large Hispanic population.
Castro's tweet also comes as President Trump gets set to visit El Paso in the aftermath of the massacre. The congressman also posted a Facebook message Tuesday saying the alleged shooter's rhetoric mirrored that of the president.
"President Trump cannot play the blame game," Joaquin Castro wrote. "The El Paso terrorist manifesto included language that is eerily similar to the language the President has used to dehumanize and demonize Hispanic immigrants in this country. That violence just spilled over."
Castro, 44, is in his fourth term in Congress and is the identical twin of 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Julian Castro. Joaquin is also the campaign chairman for Julian's presidential campaign team.