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
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.”
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
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.
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.
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
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.
.
@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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Officers Joe Gutierrez and Daniel Crocker of the
@WindsorPD
should be investigated and, if the video covers all the important facts, fired immediately.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
.
@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.