Dem candidate blasted by GOP opponent over joke about bandmate convicted of child sex abuse
FIRST ON FOX: Democratic congressional candidate and Latin music star Bobby Pulido is being criticized for a joke he made about a longtime bandmate exposed as a child predator.Pulido, a...
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FIRST ON FOX: Democratic congressional candidate and Latin music star Bobby Pulido is being criticized for a joke he made about a longtime bandmate exposed as a child predator. Pulido, a two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning singer who is the Democratic nominee in Texas’ 15th Congressional District , is facing scrutiny over bandmate Frankie Caballero, who is a registered sex offender convicted of indecent contact with an 8-year-old girl. Pulido has said he was not aware of the bandmate’s conviction and that he cut ties with him as soon as he learned. However, Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, who Pulido is attempting to unseat, called out the musician-turned-politician for the joke, which he made at a 2018 concert, claiming, "Everyone knows he knew." Fox News Digital reviewed YouTube video of the concert, which took place in November 2018, where Pulido referred to Caballero as a "bad man." He quipped that though Caballero was born in South Bend, Indiana, he did not attend Notre Dame but went to "Penn State," which prompted Caballero to take a step back and Pulido to laugh, saying, "No, no, I’m just kidding, don’t worry." DEM CANDIDATE'S UNEARTHED 'WINTER TEXAN' COMMENT COULD HAUNT CAMPAIGN A spokesperson for Pulido has pushed back on De La Cruz's comments, accusing the congresswoman of "telling lies" and saying that "Bobby Pulido had no knowledge of Caballero's sex offender registration and would never knowingly associate with anyone with such a history." In an interview with Fox News Digital, De La Cruz asserted that "the question isn't whether Bobby Pulido knew what his close friend did to these children — everyone knows he knew — the question is why Bobby Pulido spent decades bringing a pedophile around to our families?" "The answer is, he doesn't care, because he is a celebrity who barely even lives in this country," she said. As a singer and actor, Pulido has spent much of his career splitting his time between Mexico and South Texas. "This is someone who…