Castro takes aim at Biden on immigration

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

[SouthernProgressive]

1. "by a segregationist senator in the late 1920s"

Really really sad to see him do this. Castro is one of my favorites but this actually lacks ethics.

Sad to know Biden wants to keep it criminal, as well.

[Demsrule86]

2. Do folks want to lose the election... run on decriminalizing border crossings and we are toast.

You have to have borders and laws...We need a policy for this...not this sort of half baked thing.

[SouthernProgressive]

5. You just went to a rw talking point.

"You have to have borders and laws"

Which Democrat running doesn't think we should have borders and laws? You literally just reworded "open borders" to tell a tale that doesn't exist in reality.

[peggysue2]

9. It's not merely a RW talking point

In fact shortly after Castro's comments at the debate, we had a really good post by a DU member, grantcart. You can read it here:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287170319#post7

Lots of excellent points made in this OP. Far better than simply shooting from the hip.

[SouthernProgressive]

10. It is a rw talking point.

"You have to have borders and laws"

That is a variation of their "open border" nonsense. None of our candidates are fighting for removing borders.

The post you link does no negate that.

You might think we have a candidate promoting what was stated above. I know we don't.

[Demsrule86]

16. So if the law is gone...then what is to stop people from crossing the border?

You could attempt to toss them out once they are here I suppose...we will get crushed in a general if we run on this.

[Demsrule86]

11. Have you look at the polls on decriminalization?

Castro wants to decriminalize crossing the border ...get rid of statue 1325...It is a bad idea for our chances on winning the 2020 election...we could lose the house as well. The article below is from former Obama folks and it details the risks for us. Please note it is published in the hill- so stop with the right wing talking points crap. We don't accuse other DU'ers of being right wing or mouthing right wing talking points which this clearly is not. The GOP will use this issue to destroy us in the general. It would be a damn shame if the left snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and gave Trump another four years to destroy this country.

...Former Obama administration officials are warning Democratic presidential candidates to back off from their proposals to decriminalize border crossings, saying that it’s bad policy and a surefire general election loser that gives President Trump an opening on immigration.

'...In an op-ed in The Washington Post this week, former Obama Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said that decriminalization would attract hundreds of thousands of new migrants to the southern border. He described the proposal as “tantamount to declaring declaring publicly that we have open borders.”

'...But the former Obama officials worried that the debate over decriminalization, which has low support in the polls, will level the playing field on an issue where Democrats should have the political high ground...'

...,The Trump campaign’s war room has been blasting out emails hitting the Democrats for supporting “open borders” and cycling footage of the candidates raising their hands on the question of decriminalization through its Twitter feed.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/452531-democrats-warn-push-for-border-crossing-decriminalization-will-prove-costly

[customerserviceguy]

4. Hey, that kind of attack worked at the debates

why not between debates?

[Demsrule86]

12. We are going to lose the general if this continues...at least Biden is not in favor of this. I

believe all others are in favor...although Beto raised the problem of sex trafficking. Do some Democratic nominees understandthey need to win a general? They are handing Trump a win with this.

[liskddksil]

17. Beto is not in favor of Castro's inane plan nt

[Demsrule86]

18. I did mention that I was not sure he favored this.

[Indygram]

21. Some of us did try to warn people

but they were much too high on the glee from believing he hurt Beto's campaign.

[ucrdem]

3. Lets see busing, abortion, immigration

I'm waiting for one of them to demand an apology from Biden for not re-lowering the speed limit to 55 mph. Lots of win in that one!

[SouthernProgressive]

6. By the end of that one....

One camp will be fighting on messaged boards and news channels to lower it to 35 while another group will be arguing to raise it to 115.

Hyperbole season is here.

[dalton99a]

7. Castro's inanity will hurt Democrats

Trump will get another four years if Democrats openly advocate for decriminalizing border crossings

[JI7]

8. i hope they all just push back against this

he is coming off as desperate and willing to hurt the party to try to find a way to get some support.

[Demsrule86]

13. It is not just Castro...I think most if not all raised their hand at the debates. Biden walked it

back immediately. The other continue to support what the right will call open borders.

[liskddksil]

15. Beto didn't fall into the trap that Castro tried to set nt.

[Demsrule86]

19. That is good news.

[Indygram]

22. Yep, because he KNOWS the issue best

And he is 100% true to what he really believes ALL of the time.

[liskddksil]

14. Castro is more focused on zingers than a sensible immigration policy that can actually pass nt.

[Indygram]

20. This is why people should NOT have rewarded him for dishonestly attacking Beto

But hey...people are getting exactly what they paid for.

I suspect the celebration of Castro is about over now...

I wonder who he'll interrupt, attack and misrepresent at the next debate.

[7wo7rees]

23. Castro is a "shallow weakling and an empty suit."

https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/forget-the-debate-julian-castro-was-a-wimp-in-dallas-11702756

"In the debate, Castro interrupted O’Rourke to speak about a provision of federal law that makes it illegal for undocumented persons to enter the country. O’Rourke tried to give a longer, nuanced answer about comprehensive immigration reform, but Castro talked over him to make him look like an immigration bully, which is absurd.

That kind of fake attack is exactly what I would expect from a guy who folded when it was real. The idea being ballyhooed all over the news media, that Castro is a stud because he talked over O’Rourke, is something I would expect from Facebook, not the news media."