A Hispanic House Democrat who represents a Texas district bordering Mexico tore into Donald Trump's attacks on a Mexican-American judge, calling them blatantly racist.
Rep. Filemon Vela didn't mince words in a lengthy open letter to the presumptive GOP presidential nominee on Monday.
"Mr. Trump, you’re a racist and you can take your border wall and shove it up your ass," Vela wrote. "[Y]our ignorant anti-immigrant opinions, your border wall rhetoric, and your recent bigoted attack on an American jurist are just plain despicable."
The second-term lawmaker noted his own Mexican roots and pointed out that his family immigrated to the U.S. before Trump's grandfather did from Germany.
"Before you dismiss me as just another 'Mexican,' let me point out that my great-great grandfather came to this country in 1857, well before your own grandfather. His grandchildren (my grandfather and his brothers) all served our country in World War I and World War II. His great-grandson, my father, served in the U.S. Army and, coincidentally, was one of the first 'Mexican' federal judges ever appointed to the federal bench," Vela wrote. Cont.
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