FEC listings are public records, but audiences and context matter a lot. I've struggled to find a balance with this, calling attention to tech companies' political giving by citing FEC materials that contain employee names and (sometimes) home addresses. It's tricky.
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I think Joaquin Castro crossed a line. I'm cool with calling out donors who are public figures, or very well known. Listing random people in a tweet that's going to be seen by a big audience, even when you can get that same list easily by searching the FEC site, is icky.
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You don't want to punish people for participating in our political system, whether that's as donors, volunteers, candidates or staff. This is another example of those semi-private spaces I'm always going on about. You can find the names, but they shouldn't be shouted out loud.
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I think it's perfectly fine to ask "why is the owner of BURT'S BBQ here in San Antonio giving to Trump?". I think it's fine to link the FEC records. I don't think it's cool to publish an easy-to-retweet graphic of a bunch of people's full names, many of them retirees.
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I have mixed feelings on it, but I think it comes down to a matter of locality. It's not outside of the norm to say boycott businesses owned by those individuals if you're Hispanic at this point.
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Not at all. I think calling for a boycott of named businesses is completely legit and warranted by circumstances. My problem is with the made-to-be-retweeted image with the full names on it.
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The Dude Retweeted David “HINDSIGHT IS 2021” Walsh
With the wave of retirements, it seems like the insider GOPs expect Trump to lose Texas. A large part of that is the influx in Hispanics. If the shooter's goal was that, then that brings a lot of tricky questions.https://twitter.com/davidastinwalsh/status/1158733331799969793 …
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David “HINDSIGHT IS 2021” Walsh @DavidAstinWalshThe El Paso shooter killed those people because he was worried that John Cornyn would lose his next election. He *literally* said he committed his attack because the Democrats were on the verge of seizing power in Texas thanks to the Hispanic vote. https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn/status/1158712832596303874 …Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
The shooter also cited the Lorax as a deep influence on his thinking, so I would take the whole thing with a grain of salt. He's a murderous asshole, not some political mastermind.
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There's a difference between understanding that "Invasion" rhetoric was a compelling factor and thinking that the shooter's political assessment is astute.
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