Joaquin Castro

Joaquin Castro

defends tweeting out list of Trump donors: 'Think twice,' your money is being used to 'fuel hate'

Rep. JoaquinCastro the brother and campaign chairman of 2020 presidential hopeful Julian Castro, continued to Defend His Tweet  that listed the names and employers of prominent Trump Donors in the San Antonio, Texas area.

"You're giving money for somebody that's going after a community and people have gotten killed because of that," said Castro on MSNBC's Morrning Joe adding that he's not calling for a boycott of those businesses or for the donors to be targeted.

Castro, D-Texas, said the tweet was meant as a "lament" that respected people in the San Antonio community Are Giving MOnyand that the funds are being used to "fuel hate," linking the president's rhetoric to the mass shooting in El Paso.

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"Unless you support the white nationalism and the racism that Donald Trump is paying for and fueling, then I hope you, as a person of good conscience, will think twice about contributing to his campaign,Said Castro Host Willie Geist pressed Castro on the likelihood that the people who are named in his tweet will be harassed. Castro said the donors' names are public information and the graphic was already circulating online before his Twitter account shared it.

"I don't want anyone on the left or the right to be a target of any crazy person or  any person that means them harm at all," he responded.