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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFemale Deplorable cites Trump while calling man 'rapist,' 'illegal' in viral rant
(CNN)A Latino man and his mother who were doing yard work in California were verbally attacked by a woman who called them "illegals" and "rapists," and a video of the encounter has gone viral.
Esteban Guzman, a 27-year-old systems administrator who is also a part-time landscaper, told CNN's Don Lemon that he confronted the unidentified woman after hearing her yell, "Go back to Mexico" to his mother.
"I said 'Hey, what's your problem?'" Guzman, who said he was born and raised in the Lake Arrowhead area of Southern California, told Lemon. "And she says, 'You're all illegal. Go back to Mexico.' And I say, 'I am a United States citizen. What are you talking about?'"
Video, shot by Guzman's mother, of the encounter was posted on Twitter Monday and had garnered more than 2 million views by Monday night..
The footage shows the woman pointing her finger at Guzman's face and berating the California native.
"Why do you hate us?" Guzman asked during the encounter.
"Because you're Mexicans," the woman replied.
"We're honest people right here," Guzman said.
"Yeah, rapists," the woman said.
The woman also said, "even the President of the United States says you're a rapist."
Guzman told CNN he has never seen the woman before their confrontation. CNN was unable to immediately determine the woman's identity to try to reach her for comment.
"I'm not that person that, you know, that the President of the United States says I am," Guzman said he told the woman. "People look at me and they see what he said on TV and that's not true. That's not true for any of us."
During a June 2015 speech announcing his candidacy, Trump referred to some Mexican immigrants as "rapists."
"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best," Trump said in 2015. "They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."
Guzman added that racism is "alive and well today" and that people are more embolden to attack Mexican immigrants.
"I feel like people are a little more entitled to say, 'Hey ... go back to Mexico,'" he said. "And I'm like, why? I live here. I have a mortgage here."
Guzman went on to say how proud he was of his exchange with the unidentified woman.
"When I stood up for my mother, I stood up for everybody that is scared to speak up," he said. "I stood up for the little people. For the people that don't have a voice in this country. "
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/us/woman-berates-man-viral-rant-don-lemon-cnntv/
Esteban Guzman, a 27-year-old systems administrator who is also a part-time landscaper, told CNN's Don Lemon that he confronted the unidentified woman after hearing her yell, "Go back to Mexico" to his mother.
"I said 'Hey, what's your problem?'" Guzman, who said he was born and raised in the Lake Arrowhead area of Southern California, told Lemon. "And she says, 'You're all illegal. Go back to Mexico.' And I say, 'I am a United States citizen. What are you talking about?'"
Video, shot by Guzman's mother, of the encounter was posted on Twitter Monday and had garnered more than 2 million views by Monday night..
The footage shows the woman pointing her finger at Guzman's face and berating the California native.
"Why do you hate us?" Guzman asked during the encounter.
"Because you're Mexicans," the woman replied.
"We're honest people right here," Guzman said.
"Yeah, rapists," the woman said.
The woman also said, "even the President of the United States says you're a rapist."
Guzman told CNN he has never seen the woman before their confrontation. CNN was unable to immediately determine the woman's identity to try to reach her for comment.
"I'm not that person that, you know, that the President of the United States says I am," Guzman said he told the woman. "People look at me and they see what he said on TV and that's not true. That's not true for any of us."
During a June 2015 speech announcing his candidacy, Trump referred to some Mexican immigrants as "rapists."
"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best," Trump said in 2015. "They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."
Guzman added that racism is "alive and well today" and that people are more embolden to attack Mexican immigrants.
"I feel like people are a little more entitled to say, 'Hey ... go back to Mexico,'" he said. "And I'm like, why? I live here. I have a mortgage here."
Guzman went on to say how proud he was of his exchange with the unidentified woman.
"When I stood up for my mother, I stood up for everybody that is scared to speak up," he said. "I stood up for the little people. For the people that don't have a voice in this country. "
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/us/woman-berates-man-viral-rant-don-lemon-cnntv/
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Female Deplorable cites Trump while calling man 'rapist,' 'illegal' in viral rant (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Jul 2018
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mikeysnot
(4,755 posts)1. And my response to that "person"
would be... go fuck yourself asshole. and walk away. no point in trying to reason with an unreasonable person.
Blue_Adept
(6,384 posts)2. I remember when this happened last week
The dozens of responses were great. The guy, Guzman, totally kept his cool far better than so many of us would have.
ck4829
(34,976 posts)3. Women like her would be stretching her right arm as much as she could back in Germany, 1933
We shouldn't be afraid to say that.