EL PASO, TX - This morning, on Morning Joe, Beto called on Americans to join the young people across this country who are organizing against Trump’s racism and calling for gun reform (clip):
“We just celebrated the 55th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. And like any Texan, I’m really proud of Lyndon Baines Johnson signing that into law and using his initial political capital to get it passed. But that was really forced by the kids in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963 - that children’s crusade - 1,200 of them arrested on the first day of the march - kids going up against fire hoses that can peel the bark off of tree. That kind of sacrifice shocked the conscience of this country. And it galvanized the political will necessary to get that done. I see those movements beginning all across this country. And much like in 1963 so often led by young people. They are going to force this change. They get it perhaps better than anyone else. And so, I’m optimistic believe it or not. I’m more hopeful than I’ve ever been given the challenge we face - this moment of peril. This country is going to rise to the occasion. It really will. So let’s have faith in one another at a moment that the President wants us to fear one another. Let's hope for the future and then let’s act on it.”
Beto also continued to hold up El Paso an example of how to end the racial divides currently plaguing the country saying, “Though we bore the brunt of this hatred, we're also the best example for [the U.S.] going forward. A city of immigrants that is one of if not the safest cities in the United States of America today not despite but because we come from the planet over to call this community and this country home." (clip)
Additionally, Beto continued to hold the President accountable for his racism saying, “The president has not been shy. He has not been saying this behind closed doors.This is out in the open. Saying all people of one religion, inherently defective, should be banned from the shores of this country. The only modern western democracy that I can think of that said anything close to this is the Third Reich, Nazi Germay. Talking about human beings as though they are animals, making them subhuman. To make it okay to put their kids in cages. We’ve lost seven children in our custody just over the last year - in this the wealthiest, the most powerful country on the face of planet. Saying that he wants more immigrants like those from Nordic countries - the whitest countries on the face of the planet. This President, his open racism is also an invitation to violence. We’ve seen a rise of hate crimes every single one of the last three years. So Joe, you’re absolutely right, the writing has been on the wall since his maiden speech coming down that escalator describing Mexican immigrants as rapists and criminals. The actions that follow cannot surprise us.” (full clip)
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