| | Joaquin Castro has encouraged [[violence]] against political opponents.<ref>https://www.commentarymagazine.com/american-society/joaquin-castro-expanding-the-rules-of-engagement/</ref> | | Joaquin Castro has encouraged [[violence]] against political opponents.<ref>https://www.commentarymagazine.com/american-society/joaquin-castro-expanding-the-rules-of-engagement/</ref> |
| − | In the hearings with disgraced [[FBI]] director [[James Comey]] on March 20, 2017, Castro spent most of his time referring to the “dirty dossier” published by [[BuzzFeed]], which has long been discredited, and bringing up the names of various Trump supporters, asking FBI Director Comey if they were targets of the investigation into Russian influence on the elections –knowing perfectly well that Comey would not and could not answer. The idea was simply to bring up the names in a forum in which they couldn’t defend themselves: that’s what the politics of innuendo is all about.<ref> [http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2017/03/21/adam-schiff-grifter-racketeer-warmonger/ Adam Schiff: Grifter, Racketeer, Warmonger].</ref> | + | In the hearings with disgraced [[FBI]] director [[James Comey]] on March 20, 2017, Castro spent most of his time referring to the “dirty dossier” published by [[BuzzFeed]], which has long been discredited, and bringing up the names of various Trump supporters, asking FBI Director Comey if they were targets of the investigation into Russian influence on the elections –knowing perfectly well that Comey would not and could not answer. The idea was simply to bring up the names in a forum in which they couldn't defend themselves: that's what the politics of innuendo is all about.<ref>[http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2017/03/21/adam-schiff-grifter-racketeer-warmonger/ Adam Schiff: Grifter, Racketeer, Warmonger].</ref> |