By Tierney Sneed:
It was only after the scrutiny intensified around Trump for citing the judge’s Mexican heritage as proof of bias did Trump and his surrogates began linking his criticism of Curiel with the judge's membership in La Raza.
His national spokesperson Katrina Pierson accused the group of organizing anti-Trump protests, apparently confusing La Raza San Diego with the advocacy group National Council of La Raza (more on that later). Even after the distinction between the two was pointed out, other Trump surrogates followed suit by saying Curiel’s association with La Raza San Diego was fair game.
Trump, meanwhile, described it over the weekend as a “club or society very strongly pro-Mexican,” while alluding to the judge’s “associations with certain professional organizations” in his Tuesday statement responding to concerns about his attacks.
The Full Story (June 10, 2016)
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