Julián Castro
Julián Castro is a former U.S. secretary of Housing & Urban Development. He was the youngest member of Barack Obama’s cabinet, serving from 2014 to 2017. Just before he became secretary of HUD, he was the mayor of San Antonio, elected in 2009. Castro received a bachelor’s degree in political science and communications from Stanford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. In 2019, he announced he was running for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out on Jan. 2, 2020.
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"Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania actually in the latest jobs data have lost jobs, not gained them."
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"The difference between what I support and what you support, Vice President Biden, is that you require them to opt in (to a Medicare public…
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Says Section 1325 of U.S. immigration law was "put into place in 1929, by a segregationist."
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Says that the George W. Bush administration in 2005 revived a long-standing law when it "decided to charge those that crossed the border with criminal…
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Says Donald Trump’s health care policies have "left millions more Americans uninsured since he took office."
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Says President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget "slashes investments in health care to pay for tax cuts to billionaires."
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Says a "recent analysis" showed that 91 percent of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients are employed, in school or serving in the military.…
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"Today California is kicking our butt, creating more jobs and more economic growth than Texas."
"Bernie Sanders voted with Republicans to protect the Minutemen, a hate group that used military tactics against our community."
"Less than half of the poorest American households have a home Internet subscription."