Posted on 08/01/2019 4:25:42 PM PDT by MagillaX
On Saturday, Democrat Julian Castro held an event in his hometown — San Antonio, Texas, where he served as mayor for five years — to announce he is running for president. But Castro’s campaign might be a bit a of a long shot considering he’s polling between 0 and 2 percent in state and national polls. That said, he has all the makings of an inspirational candidate — he’s young and ambitious, he overcame a childhood of poverty to attend Stanford and Harvard Law, and if he wins the nomination, would be the first Latino presidential nominee on a major-party ticket. But he also disappeared from the national spotlight after 2016 and now faces an uphill battle to convince voters that he is the strongest choice to oppose President Trump in what could be a very crowded 2020 primary field.
Just 44 years old, Castro first held public office at the age of 26 when he won a seat on the city council in San Antonio. He then went on to run for mayor in 2005, but narrowly lost that race before handily winning in 2009. He was re-elected as mayor twice and made his first big national splash when he was selected as the keynote speaker of the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Castro was the first Latino to fill that vaunted speaking slot, and was labeled a “rising star” as a result. In 2014, then-President Barack Obama chose him to be secretary of housing and urban development, and in 2016, Hillary Clinton seriously considered Castro for her vice presidential pick, but she ultimately opted for Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine instead.
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The Yellowstone Super Volcano explodes, killing everyone with an IQ over 80.
Maybe not this election cycle, Senator first then?
Why would it be selective?
As for HUD Secretary, that's the obligatory position given to minorities by the Democrats to make them feel better.
His mother is a radical commie La Raza supporter, and isn’t he “light in the loafers”, or is that his brother?
I personally don't believe enough “Latinos” are stupid enough to buy his BS to get him over the top. I certainly could be wrong though.
He looks like he has Down’s syndrome (no offense to those with Down’s)
“I am Corn-Julio, I need TP for my wah-toe-malli!”
You know what is funny, the thought that Democrat voters go deep into a subject to decide who to vote for. Its pure sensory and emotion. And that goes for swing voters who vote Democrat as well.
This from the same organization that gave Hildabeast a 97% chance of winning? Nonsense.
He looks like a pinhead. What could go wrong?
Well, he does have the men needing an abortion vote wrapped up...
By not being included in the debates he becomes the Democrat's "Designated survivor," and if anything happens to the other 20 candidates, he gets the nomination.
Julian gives off a major "weirdness" vibe.
Plus there are two of him:
So it's weirdness squared.
And he may be part of the Bush family:
Sheesh any one of these a-holes winning is an absolute nightmare.
Then again...Booker may get the black men needing an abortion vote...
Trump would be blessed if he did!
Instead of polling and fund raising to narrow down the field. I think they should do Pysch exams whoever passes one is in....hmmm Bullock and Tulsi?
“he overcame a childhood of poverty to attend Stanford and Harvard Law”
What crap. He was brought in as a token by the far Left administration’s of those places. If he bothered to take his SATs they probably sealed the results.
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