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I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HOW HE IS
REACTING.
>> I TOP THE GIVE MORE CONTEXT
FIRST.
THIS WAS A ROAST AND THE
SOUTHERN LAW CENTER COLD US THEY
SENT IN SOMEONE TO MONITOR THIS
EVENT.
THAT'S HOW THEY CAME UP WITH
THIS REPORTING AND THIS IS THE
GROUP THAT HAS BEEN CRITICAL OF
THE SHERIFF.
WE REACHED OUT TO THE
REPRESENTATIVE WHO MADE THE
COMMENTS.
HE DID NOT WANT TO DO AN
INTERVIEW, BUT HE GAVE US THIS
STATEMENT.
HE SAID THE JOKES I MADE AT THE
ROAST AT HIS INVITATION FOR
COMEDY, THEY WERE NOT DIRECTED
AT MINORITY MEMBERS, BUT THE
TARGET OF THE ROAST.
HE GOES ON TO SAY THIS IS A
PARTIAL ATTACK TALKING ABOUTRSY
ROAST.
THIS APPEARS TO BE POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED PROBABLY DUE TO MY
SUPPORT OF SV 1070, THE
CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW.
THE SHERIFF IS KIND ENOUGH TO
OFFER HIS THOUGHTS ON WHAT IS A
CONTROVERSY.
FIRST, DID THIS ROAST GO TOO
FAR?
>> IT WAS A ROAST.
JOHN IS MY FRIEND.
I SUPPORT HIM.
HE IS NOT A RACIST.
HE IS VERY FUNNY.
HE MEAT HIS COMMENTS.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHETHER HE WENT
TOO FAR.
>> YOU THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY.
OTHERS TOOK OFFENSE SAYING THAT
HIS JOKES DIDN'T NECESSARILY
TARGET YOU.
IT WAS LATINOS AND OTHER GROUPS
THAT WERE THE TARGET OF THESE
JOKES.
THE BUTT OF THESE JOKES.
IT TOOK HIS SPEECH AS HATE
SPEECH.
WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?
>> I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE
REACTION.
TO CALL ME NAZI, HITLER AND
EVERYTHING ELSE, THEY WANTED TO
DEFEND ME.
I HAVE TO ASK YOU.
>> I DON'T THINK HATE SPEECH IS
CONDONED.
>> I WANT THEM TO DO THAT.
>> AS AN EYE FOR AN EYE, IS THAT
RIGHT?
>> IF I KNEW HE WAS A RACIST, I
WOULDN'T BE NEAR HIM.
HE'S NOT A RACIST.
HE'S MAKING JOKES.
EVERYBODY JOKES WITH ME.
THIS CARRIES MORE WEIGHT.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT CARRIES
MORE WEIGHT THAN LOPEZ CALLING
ME EVERY NAME IN THE BOOK.
PEOPLE FIRE JOURNALISTS FOR
MAKING ONE WORD SOMETIMES.
I DON'T KNOW IF BEING A
LEGISLATOR, HE WAS BEING ELECTED
AND HE WAS THERE AS A PRIVATE
SIDES AND MY NEIGHBOR.
TO MAKE FUN OF ME.
THAT'S OKAY WITH ME.
>> DID HIS COMMENTS GO TOO FAR?
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU
SAID THIS IS ENOUGH.
>> YOU KNOW, HE'S THE THAT MADE
THE COMMENTS AND I'M NOT GOING
TO CRITICIZE HIM.
EVEN TO SAY WORSE ABOUT ME THAN
THAT.
>> YOU CAN EMPHASIZE WITH THE
PEOPLE WHO CARRY THESE COMMENTS.
I'M HISPANIC MYSELF AND I TOOK
OFFENSE TO THE JOKES HE MADE.
HE MADE JOKES ABOUT MUSLIMS AND
ASIANS.
I TOP THE PLAY MORE CLIP FOR THE
VIEWERS THAT INVOLVED SOME OF
THE OTHER GROUPS THAT HE TALKED
ABOUT.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE CLAIM IT WILL
CAUSE DISCRIMINATION BASED UPON
RELIGION.
I STOPPED AT THAT UNTIL TONIGHT.
A MUSLIM WAITER SERVING UP HERE
WALKED UP TO THE SHERIFF AND
WOULDN'T GIVE IN BECAUSE HE SAID
I DON'T SERVE SWINE.
>> I KNOW YOU COULDN'T HEAR
THAT, BUT YOU WERE THERE.
YOU WERE LIVE AT FIRST WHEN HE
MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT SENATE
BILL 1062 WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN
TALKING A LOT ABOUT THIS WEEK.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT
COULD CREATE A SITUATION THAT
YOU THOUGHT WAS OKAY.
IN THAT COMMENT, HE TALKED ABOUT
MUSLIMS AND SO I GUESS MY
QUESTION TO YOU IS, IS IT EVER
OKAY.
GIVEN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY TO
THROW RACE OUTER AND USE IT.
>> I WAS THE TOP GUY IN SOUTH
AMERICA AND TURKEY AND THE
MIDEAST.
I KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT FOREIGN
COUNTRIES.
I KNOW ABOUT RACISM.
I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO MY
FAMILY'S BACKGROUND.
HE WAS JUST MAKING SOME
COMMENTS.
I DIDN'T TELL HIM WHAT TO DO.
I GOT HIM FIVE MINUTES BEFORE.
GOVERNOR PERRY WAS TALKING ABOUT
ME.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ROASTED ME.
WHY DID THEY PUT IT OUT