Fox News Host Embraces Conspiracist With Race War Theory
Gravelly voiced conspiracy theorist touts himself as one of the few daring souls willing to tell the 鈥渢ruth鈥 about , the Federal Emergency Management Agency鈥檚 in 鈥渄eath camps,鈥 and the 鈥淣ew World Order鈥 plot to exterminate 80% of the world鈥檚 population. The Austin, Texas-based radio host suggests that he is a lone voice 鈥渋n the wilderness鈥 of a corporate media too cowardly to tell the truth about looming disaster.
But at least one member of that media has shown Jones nothing but love. Judge , senior judicial analyst for Fox News and host of the Fox Business program 鈥淔reedom Watch,鈥 calls Jones a 鈥渄ear friend鈥 who is 鈥渄oing more than anybody I know鈥 to 鈥渆ducate the public鈥 with 鈥渃ourage and fearlessness.鈥 Jones responds by calling Napolitano the 鈥渂est person鈥 on national TV. Last Friday, according to liberal watchdog Media Matters for America, Napolitano for at least the sixth time, and promised to soon bring Jones on to 鈥淔reedom Watch,鈥 which he announced was expanding from the weekend to weekdays.
Maybe they鈥檒l get a chance to discuss a Jones theory that鈥檚 a little more racially charged than much of his usual fare: a purported secret plan on the part of undocumented Mexican immigrants to murder all whites over 16.
Jones has been railing on about the so-called Plan de San Diego since 2005, when he began to talk about the genocidal plot by radical Mexican immigrants 鈥 a 鈥淗ispanic Klan,鈥 in Jones鈥 words 鈥 to start a race war against U.S. whites. As Jones described it then in his 鈥淣ightmare Racism and Open Call for Revolution鈥 blog post, he found out about the plot at an Austin event where a number of Latinos were wearing 鈥淧lan de San Diego鈥 T-shirts. A group of Jones鈥 unnamed pals 鈥 including a 鈥淗ispanic friend,鈥 a Spanish-speaking University of Texas professor and someone 鈥渨ho has taken Latin-American studies鈥 鈥 told him the rest: A 鈥減owerful revolutionary core鈥 of 鈥渆xtremist Mexican hate groups鈥 is currently 鈥渄edicated to overthrowing Texas and setting up a racial state.鈥 Jones did not name the groups.
Buzz about the purported conspiracy is still making the rounds today. It鈥檚 hit the message board of , the world鈥檚 premiere white supremacist website; bounced to a racist Facebook page calling for the boycott of and showed up on the nativist hate site .
In his September 2005 blog post, Jones claimed that a third of the Latinos he spoke to at the Austin event 鈥渟aid that Texas was [part of] Mexico and that they were taking over.鈥 Some, Jones claimed, even said that 鈥渁ll whites would be killed and that the entirety of the Americas would be only for 鈥榠ndigenous peoples.鈥欌 Jones doesn鈥檛 explain why the people he spoke to would share all of these details of the anti-white conspiracy with an obvious Anglo.
As it happens, there was a real Plan de San Diego. But it emerged from a Monterey, Mexico, jailhouse in 1915, during the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920. The plan called for Mexicans to kill whites over 16 in Texas, which had been part of Mexico until 1848. Several dozen U.S. citizens were murdered, but the U.S. hit back hard. A 1919 Texas legislative inquiry found that between 300 and 5,000 Mexicans were killed by the Texas Rangers, an elite police force, in retaliation.
And that was the end of that.
What Jones later described as the 鈥渋llegal alien rally鈥 in Austin where he learned of the purported Latino conspiracy was actually a Mexican Independence Day celebration. If anyone there was wearing a Plan of San Diego shirt, it was at worst a statement of nationalistic pride in a lost cause, basically akin to a Confederate flag T-shirt. Poor taste bordering on the offensive, yes, but hardly a coded call to arms.
And the 鈥渇rothing and screaming鈥 Jones says he encountered at the hands of the Latino celebrants? Jones brought a bullhorn and a crowd of 鈥淭exans for Freedom鈥 鈥 an antigovernment group he heads 鈥 鈥渢o educate other well-meaning celebrants鈥 of Mexican Independence Day about the 鈥渞acist groups that were preaching their message in the Hispanic community.鈥 The 鈥渨ell-meaning celebrants,鈥 apparently, did not welcome Jones鈥 message.
So far, Jones鈥 main platform has been his radio show and two Internet websites. But now, thanks to Napolitano, that may be changing. In a March 2009 appearance on Napolitano鈥檚 鈥淔reedom Watch,鈥 which then was only on Foxnews.com, Jones expressed appreciation for the Fox website鈥檚 decision to have him as a guest. 鈥淭hank you, Fox,鈥 he said, 鈥測ou guys are getting radical having me on over there.鈥
It isn鈥檛 clear if Napolitano knows about Jones鈥 ideas about a murderous Mexican plot to kill whites and bring Texas back into the Mexican fold. But last Friday, on Jones鈥 show, he did bring up the topic of Texas secession. 鈥淕uess what?鈥 he told Jones. 鈥淭hat time has come. That may actually happen.鈥