Our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy have changed. We think you'll like them better this way.

DNC Conv Hispanic Texas Mayor saysTexans Swiped Mexico Land

  • Broadcast in US Government
American Statesman

American Statesman

×  

Follow This Show

If you liked this show, you should follow American Statesman.
h:140795
s:3726915
archived

Mother of Dem convention star Castro called Alamo defenders 'drunks,' 'crooks'

  • The Hispanic Texas mayor whose keynote speech wowed the Democratic National Convention crowd Wednesday night draws political inspiration from his mother – who was a member of a radical civil rights movement and who reportedly thinks the truth behind the Battle of the Alamo is that Texans swiped Mexico’s land.
  • Maria del Rosario Castro also was a member of the La Raza Unida, a radical movement that defended the civil rights of Mexican-Americans in Texas.
  • The 37-year-old Hispanic mayor told New York Times Magazine that upon being elected mayor in 2009 he promptly hung in his private office a 1971 La Raza Unida City Council campaign poster that featured his mother.P
  • Published Sept. 05, 2012
  • Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/05/mother-dem-convention-star-castro-called-alamo-defenders-drunks-crooks/#ixzz25jDysH3D

Freedom from the U.N. Rally in Tally!

  • When: Saturday, October 20, 2012.  11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
  • Where: Front lawn of the old capitol building.

Join Lawsuit - Congress is NOT Above the Law 

https://www.change.org/petitions/congress-is-not-above-the-law

Facebook comments

Available when logged-in to Facebook and if Targeting Cookies are enabled