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Julián Castro

@JulianCastro

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Texan and proud dad. NBC/MSNBC Political Analyst and Guest Anchor. Former HUD Secretary, Mayor of San Antonio. He/Him/Él. Email: julian @julianforthefuture .com

San Antonio, TX
Joined January 2009
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@JulianCastro
Julián Castro
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Delete your account.
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What Mike Pence adds to the ticket is that he lies in a calm voice.
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We need a national database of decertified police officers. No more dangerous cops getting a new job two towns away.
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The President of the United States just tear gassed peaceful protestors for a photo opportunity. He must be replaced.
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Teachers shouldn’t be forced to buy their own supplies while our police departments purchase combat vehicles.
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It amazes me how Fox News doesn’t believe a word of what law enforcement says when they execute a search warrant against Donald Trump but believes every single claim by law enforcement when they execute an unarmed Black man.
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Me.
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One last thought, how many people think Julian Castro had a good night?
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Undocumented immigrants paid $11.7 billion in state and federal taxes in 2014. Trump paid only $750 the year he became president and only $750 the next year. He needs to stop freeloading off Americans.
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You should sit this one out.
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Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s message of hope, justice and equality.
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Let’s be clear—if I knew it’d look like that I wouldn’t have suggested it.
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In a lighter moment, Rep. Joaquin Castro, referring to his brother Julian Castro, speaks to Lt. Col. Vindman: “It’s great to talk to a fellow identical twin. I hope that your brother is nicer to you than mine is to me. And doesn’t make you grow a beard.”
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If Trump is too dangerous for Twitter, he’s too dangerous for the nuclear codes. Impeach him.
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Polling in Texas shows Biden and Trump neck-and-neck. That’s 38 electoral votes, a Senate seat, and a handful of congressional seats up for grabs. Winning Texas would not only guarantee victory in 2020, it would remake the electoral map for generations. It’s a top priority.
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Mitch McConnell getting credit simply for referring to Joe Biden as “President-elect” is peak low bar setting by media.
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Army Lt. Nazario was driving his new car home. He was pulled over, pepper sprayed, and arrested without explanation. This is racism. It’s about the domination and humiliation of a Black man because he asked questions and “didn’t comply.”
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Julián Castro
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Of course Trump can’t condemn white nationalists and supremacists. He is one.
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Texas now has more daily coronavirus cases than Italy when it was a global epicenter of the pandemic.
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This is what a President sounds like. America is listening.
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Julián Castro
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Three hours and no questions tonight about climate, housing, or immigration. Climate change is an existential threat. America has a housing crisis. Children are still in cages at our border. But you know, Ellen. #DemocraticDebate
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. @tedcruz should resign from the United States Senate immediately.
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Julián Castro
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Today I'm proud to endorse @ewarren for president. Elizabeth and I share a vision of America where everyone counts. An America where people⁠—not the wealthy or well-connected⁠—are put first. I'm proud to join her in the fight for big, structural change.
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Today we found out the 2020 Republican nominee for president supports ethnic cleansing by the Chinese government.
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It’s with profound gratitude to all of our supporters that I suspend my campaign for president today. I’m so proud of everything we’ve accomplished together. I’m going to keep fighting for an America where everyone counts—I hope you’ll join me in that fight.
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Don’t waste a minute of your time being daunted that @realDonaldTrump has a base of diehard supporters. So did Richard Nixon just before he resigned and Roy Moore just before he lost. Instead, work hard to reach, register and mobilize the majority of Americans who want change now
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Republicans have now lost the popular vote in 7 of the last 8 presidential elections.
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If I’m elected President, I will work hard every single day so that you and your family can get good health care, your child can get a good education, and you can have good job opportunities in a big city or small town. And on January 20, 2021, we’ll say "Adiós" to Donald Trump.
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. @GoyaFoods has been a staple of so many Latino households for generations. Now their CEO, Bob Unanue, is praising a president who villainizes and maliciously attacks Latinos for political gain. Americans should think twice before buying their products. #Goyaway
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Goya Foods CEO Robert Unanue: "We're all truly blessed... to have a leader like President Trump who is a builder."
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The public doesn’t serve you—you serve the public. Throwing a tantrum in a press conference doesn’t erase your officers needlessly beating New Yorkers this week.
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Julián Castro
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We must demilitarize our police.
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Share widely: National guard and MPD sweeping our residential street. Shooting paint canisters at us on our own front porch. Yelling “light em up” #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd #JusticeForGeorge #BlackLivesMatter
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Truth hurts.
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A Detroit police officer shot someone’s dog that posed no threat inside its own fence after he lost control of his own K9. This officer should be held accountable. He should be fired and prosecuted.
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"An individual was involved in the use of firearms to resolve a conflict" is a strange way of explaining that someone murdered two protestors.
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In California, incarcerated people are risking their lives battling wildfires for $1/hour. Yet these same people are barred from firefighting after release. It’s wrong. If you can save lives serving a sentence, you can save lives when you’re released.
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Senators Burr and Loeffler should be investigated by authorities and the Senate Ethics Committee. If the evidence suggests they engaged in insider trading, they should be charged and stand trial.
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8 million Americans missed rent in May.
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American billionaires got $434 billion richer during the pandemic
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Trump waged a campaign to have the Central Park 5 killed. He claimed Barack Obama wasn't born here. He called Nazis in Charlottesville "fine people" He said African nations are "shithole countries" He's a racist, and this lynching comment is just more evidence.
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I endorsed @ewarren because she’s the best for the job. She’s a relentless fighter, uniquely thorough, and inspired many with a hopeful & courageous vision. I’m so thankful for her campaign. I hope the remaining candidates work to capture what she achieved. ¡Ganaremos un día!
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ICE is now trying to deport students enrolled in colleges and universities that are teaching exclusively online due to COVID-19. This is needlessly cruel and must be challenged in court.
@ReichlinMelnick
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
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This is bad. ICE just told students here on student visas that if their school is going online-only this fall, the students must depart the United States and cannot remain through the fall semester.
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95% of delegates are still up for grabs. Looks like Biden will pick up endorsements from Pete and Amy. Progressives’ best hope to win this primary is @ewarren . She can turn out progressives and attract more moderates from Biden than Bernie can. #ChooseWarren
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In this video @DenverPolice appear to shoot pepper balls at a car to move traffic. The man gets out to tell police that his girlfriend is pregnant in the car, and they keep shooting. He isn’t a threat, or even a protestor. We need police reform now.
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If @realDonaldTrump insists the NYT story about him paying $750 per year in taxes is fake news, he’s welcome to release all of his tax returns.
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When @CoryBooker led an effort to change the debate thresholds, the DNC refused—saying they couldn’t benefit any candidate. It seems the only candidate they’re willing to benefit is a billionaire who’s buying his way into the race. Total mess.
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The DNC drastically shifts debate requirements, opening the door for Bloomberg to join the stage starting in mid-February
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Now imagine Elizabeth Warren doing that to Donald Trump in October. #PresidentElizabethWarren
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If these were Black Lives Matter protestors or immigrants’ rights protestors, this would certainly be a different scene.
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While Americans cancel vacations, skip eating out, and take other precautions to avoid the coronavirus, thousands of tipped employees have to figure out how to pay their bills. We need to raise the minimum wage, including tipped wages, so families aren’t left in crisis.
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Every person who wants an abortion should be able to get one. That’s it. That’s the tweet. #Juli ánDebates #DemDebate
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The Postmaster General should be subpoenaed to testify in front of Congress this week. If he refuses, he should be held in contempt of Congress.
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A note about Texas after Tuesday’s results. @BetoORourke deserves a lot of gratitude for inspiring and activating Democrats across the state. He has now twice planted the seeds of future victory.
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This is a total mess. I respect the people of Iowa, they’ve been great—but it’s become very clear that our democracy has been misserved by a broken system. #IACaucus
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Julián Castro
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Ted Cruz’s lies helped fuel a mob of domestic terrorists to overtake the U.S. Capitol. And then he fundraised off of it. He must resign.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Oh - you’re accusing me of lying? Isn’t this you? Your campaign sent out this fundraising message as people were sieging the Capitol. You claimed to be “leading the fight to reject electors.” Clashes started around 1:20pm. This message was sent after the Capitol was breached.
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Donald Trump just vetoed a pay raise for U.S. troops two days before Christmas.
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Julián Castro
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I am grateful for @IlhanMN 's courage and leadership and I stand with her - and with others targeted by the President's anti-Muslim rhetoric.
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The media’s flawed formula for “electability” has pushed aside women and candidates of color. Our party’s diversity is our strength, and it’s a shame that we’re headed for a December debate without a single person of color.
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Police unions should have no role in writing policy on officer conduct or discipline.
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He probably thinks this statement makes his office look better, but it does the opposite.
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Ana Cabrera
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"This is by far the fastest we've ever charged a police officer"-Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman
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I'm ready for President Elizabeth Warren!
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I’m ready for President Elizabeth Warren!
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If we win Texas, Trump will be a lame duck president before we go to bed on November 3rd.
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Officers Joe Gutierrez and Daniel Crocker of the @WindsorPD should be investigated and, if the video covers all the important facts, fired immediately.
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Breaking curfew is no excuse for senselessly beating someone on their way home @NYPDnews .
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44,000 people have died. 22 million people are unemployed. Food banks are seeing a 98% surge in demand. 1/3 of renters missed April rent. We can’t afford a piecemeal bandaid approach from Congress. We need a relief package that matches the scale of this crisis.
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Was it a “crisis” when there was a 690% surge in unaccompanied minors in Trump’s last nine months in office? Was it a “crisis” when he used the pandemic to expel 13,000 children? Instead of debating semantics, media need to better contextualize and explain how we got here.
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“I can’t breathe!” “Help me!” “You’re choking him!” How many of these videos do we have to see before we do something to hold police accountable? The system is clearly broken, and we need to fix it.
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My five-year-old son has more self-control than Donald Trump.
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Under your administration, homelessness has increased for three straight years. Under the Obama administration, homelessness fell for seven straight years, and we cut the number of homeless veterans in half.
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
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California and New York must do something about their TREMENDOUS Homeless problems. They are setting records! If their Governors can’t handle the situation, which they should be able to do very easily, they must call and “politely” ask for help. Would be so easy with competence!
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Be afraid, @tedcruz . Be very afraid.
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Most children will not be able to attend school in-person this fall because Trump was calling the virus a hoax when experts were telling him to act.
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Greg Abbott oversaw the worst response to a winter storm in Texas history. He oversaw one of the worst responses to a Covid outbreak. He oversaw the most bungled deployment of guardsmen for a stunt. And now he is overseeing the worst response to a shooting in recent history.
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Nate Silver
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If the Democratic Party wants a field that's representative of its members and its voters, it probably shouldn't have two states as white as Iowa and New Hampshire vote first every year.
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Julián Castro
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A message for @realdonaldtrump :
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Julián Castro
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It’s more clear than ever that Brett Kavanaugh lied under oath. He should be impeached. And Congress should review the failure of the Department of Justice to properly investigate the matter.
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Julián Castro
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Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation is a shame to the Supreme Court. This latest allegation of assault must be investigated.
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If @CNN actually aired this poll today, it’s unacceptable to use a poll from six weeks ago simply because they paid for it. Publish a timely poll instead. Journalistic integrity shouldn’t be sacrificed for corporate interests.
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CNN is now saying Bernie is in 4th place in Iowa. They had to use a poll over a month old to mis-inform it's audience this morning. We have had over 15 Iowa polls released since then that have Bernie in 1st or 2nd. Still think this is not deliberate?
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Adiós Trump!
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It doesn’t matter if he is a Republican or a Democrat. This behavior was racist and unconscionable. Governor Northam should resign.
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Jalen is only 17 years old, but organized a march in O’Fallon, Missouri, that brought together thousands. Our country’s future is in good hands.
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When giving thanks for your food this holiday season, don’t forget to thank a farmworker.
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You know damn well that if Kyle Rittenhouse were Black he would have been found guilty in a heartbeat—or shot dead by cops on the scene.
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This is a police riot. In video after video, police give the American people more reasons to take to the streets and demand change. We need a wholesale overhaul of policing.
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The Democrats in the Texas legislature get paid $7,200 per year. They have spouses, children, and homes they left behind when they came to Washington today. They’re putting their lives on hold to protect the voting rights of every American. They need Congress to do the same.
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Hey yo, I’m just like my country, I’m young, scrappy and hungry, And I’m not throwing away my shot.
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Luis A. Miranda, Jr.
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Today is a good day to remind folks that the state of Texas spent millions of taxpayer dollars and 22,000 staff hours investigating voter fraud. They have convicted ZERO cases of intentional voter fraud. Zero.
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There's nothing that gets under the skin of a misogynistic bully more than a powerful woman speaking truth to power. Keep up the fight, @AOC .
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I have deleted a tweet responding to a quote from @PeteButtigieg that a reporter now recognizes is inaccurate. The reporter has now issued a correction, and I regret that the original was spread widely.
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Anti-choice extremists like @GregAbbott_TX should be worried after the Kansas vote. November is right around the corner.
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A U.S. Senator had evidence of a criminal quid pro quo by the President of the United States and failed to report it. The Senate Ethics Committee should investigate what Sen. Johnson knew, when he knew it, and why he didn’t take appropriate action.
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Rebecca Ballhaus
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NEWS: GOP Sen. Ron Johnson tells WSJ that the U.S. ambassador to the EU told him in August that the status of aid to Ukraine was tied to Trump’s interest in having Kiev investigate certain matters. Johnson confronted Trump, who denied it. w/ @siobhanehughes
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Test driving a new campaign car.
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Greg Abbott wants to spend $250 million of taxpayer money for a border wall around Texas. Meanwhile, he hasn’t spent a dime to fix our power grid as millions are at risk of blackouts in 100° heat. Terrible mistake and a waste of taxpayer dollars.
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Here is @tedcruz out of state again—not doing his job again—joking about leaving Texans behind.
@therecount
The Recount
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) at CPAC: "Orlando is awesome. It's not as nice as Cancun."
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Julián Castro
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Democrats need to be as bold in protecting and expanding voting rights as Republicans are in attacking them.
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Julián Castro
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Hey @Jack , I thought @Twitter was working to remove white supremacists from the platform?
@SteveKingIA
Steve King
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Hey @JulianCastro You think it’s NOT embarrassing when you declare that men can get pregnant and then you promote federal funding to abort men’s babies? Genius! A Democrat proposal that will have a CBO score of ZERO! And a bizarre score of 100!!
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It’s unthinkably cruel to shove an elderly man using a cane to walk. Let’s be honest. Too many cops have a bad attitude. And they act out with force unreasonably and with a sense of impunity. Time for serious reform.
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Elijah McClain liked to visit local shelters and play his violin for homeless animals. He was 23 when he was killed last year by police with a chokehold after being stopped for no reason. His family deserves an independent investigation.
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Elizabeth Warren shows in debate after debate that she’s the candidate with the experience, plans, and vision to unite our country to beat Trump. The media may try to count her out. But she will keep persisting and showing why she’s the best person for the job. #DemDebate
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George Floyd might still be alive if a bystanding officer had stepped up to stop Derek Chauvin—like the officer in this video. Officers must be willing to police their own colleagues to hold them accountable for inappropriate conduct. It can save a life.
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I think a lot of us can relate.
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Senators @tedcruz and @JohnCornyn have shamed the state of Texas and our entire nation. They are more allegiant to fascist one-term president than they are to our nation. Texas deserves better.
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Democrats in the Senate majority represent 41 million more people than Republicans. Why aren’t we able to legislate like it? Because the filibuster—a Jim Crow-era relic which is nowhere in the Constitution—gives Mitch McConnell a pocket veto. Eliminate the filibuster.
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This man didn’t pay his subway fare—but is tackled by at least ten officers in a crowded station. Officers should be working to deescalate—not putting dozens of lives at risk over $2.75.
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Here is the full video. How many incidents have there been like this just in the last year? We need to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act immediately—for starters.
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Julián Castro
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Thank you, Charlotte! Last night I misspoke - it’s trans men, trans masculine, and non-binary folks who need full access to abortion and repro healthcare. And I'm grateful to ALL trans and non-binary folks for their labor in guiding me on this issue. (1/2)
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Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦
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And notably: the questions were not specifically about trans rights. I was really taken aback that Castro did a trans-inclusive answer on repro rights. Really wonderful moment.
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Thanks for the shout out, @ewarren . You’re setting the pace on policy.
@ewarren
Elizabeth Warren
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. @JulianCastro is right—no person is illegal, and our laws should reflect that. I admire his smart ideas on reforming our immigration laws. We should all pay attention to them.
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