Taking a cue from conservative media, President Donald Trump tweeted out an insult to the Castro brothers Wednesday, though his initial and now-deleted tweet misspelled Joaquin as “Juaquin.”
I don’t know who Joaquin Castro is other than the lesser brother of a failed presidential candidate (1%) who makes a fool of himself every time he opens his mouth. Joaquin is not the man that his brother is, but his brother, according to most, is not much. Keep fighting Joaquin!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 8, 2019
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) tweeted out a list of top Trump donors earlier this week, setting off outrage within the conservative community that Castro was endangering those on the list. Donald Trump Jr. even likened it to the Dayton shooter’s alleged target list that he kept of classmates he wanted to murder.
However, as Castro has now pointed out multiple times, the donor information that he shared is a public record that anyone can see on the Federal Election Commission website. Some local newspapers routinely print contributor names and the amount they gave to politicians.
Alternate Headline: Hater-in-Chief Continues Mission of Hate
Isn’t DOXING (release of private information) the Republican’s favorite tool of destruction against their political enemies, perceived or otherwise? Remember those DNC emails? Remember Inciter-In-Chief asking Russia to steal/ hack HRC’s emails?
In Castro’s case, he released PUBLIC information, not private…it is most likely to shame the Inciter-In-Chief’s supporters because they are supporting death and destruction literally & figuratively.
In MoscowMitch & CONServative/Rs/MAGAts POV, releasing a public list of donors is tantamount to a hit list because it is what they would perceive if it was one of their own doing it!
Truth be told, CONServatives/Rs/MAGAts are PROJECTING their deadly and destructive behaviors to others and Inciter-In-Chief is the biggest Doxing Hypocrite in the swamp!
Addendum:
Doxing STOLEN/HACKED Data/Info is illegal.
Doxing PUBLIC Data/Info is NOT illegal.
The NYT produced a searchable list of all the donors to the Clinton Foundation. In 2008,was it? Never heard complaints from Republicans.
It was found that several of the Trump/GOP donors were also hedging their bets by donating to Castro. For many of these folks, its not about politics as much as access to decision makers.
Qui bono? Follow the money!
Trump does evil racist shit but doesn’t want to be seen as a racist.
Trump supports max out their support for Trump but don’t want to be seen as Trump supporters.
Got it.
So it’s not doxxing if the victim’s address was located in a public record? Bad take.