Dem tied to cartel operative says 'White nationalists' joining immigration enforcement to 'hunt down people'
A controversial Democratic congressional candidate running in a South Texas border district is under fire again as critics accuse him of smearing Border Patrol agents as racists, an allegation his...
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A controversial Democratic congressional candidate running in a South Texas border district is under fire again as critics accuse him of smearing Border Patrol agents as racists, an allegation his campaign dismissed as "desperate attacks." Bobby Pulido, a former Latin music star running to unseat Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz, is taking heat for a recent interview in which he asserted, "It’s always down to race." During the interview, which was on a podcast called "Mind of Geniuz," Pulido accused the Trump administration and Republicans' immigration enforcement agenda of being motivated by the "theory of White replacement." "When President Trump ran, he ran on getting rid of the bad guys. They lied to us," Pulido said. "It’s race. It’s always down to race. And I hate to say this, because I hate to inflame it, but I’m going to call it out because that is what it is. Look, when they have this theory of White replacement, they’re saying, ‘Oh, no, no, if it weren’t for this and this and crime,’ they’ll throw in all these other things to dance around the true issue," he said. "Which is there’s too many Brown and Black people, which they’re saying they’re just going to stay the same and be poor." CRITICS ROAST JASMINE CROCKETT AFTER SHE CALLS HERSELF 'ONE OF THE 535 MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE' IN US Pulido noted during the interview, "I do not want to demonize law enforcement." However, he expressed that when it comes to immigration enforcement, "a lot of the people that are joining, not all of them, okay, there’s a lot of White nationalists that want to join because they want to go hunt down people, right, they’re yahoos." "It’s a shame," he went on, "because then you start branding all ICE agents." A spokesperson for De La Cruz’s campaign decried Pulido’s comments as insulting Border Patrol agents . Notably, just over 50% of Border Patrol personnel are Hispanic. The Rio Grande Valley Sector of the southern border, along which De La Cruz’s district sits, is home to roughl…