Add former Obama-era Housing Secretary Julian Castro to the growing list of 25-50 Democrats readying a 2020 Democratic presidential nomination bid.
The Texan twin of Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro said he will decide by the end of the year, along with several others including former Attorney General Eric Holder.
WATCH: @JulianCastro told us “the Democratic nominee [in 2020] is going to be somebody that has a vision to unite the country instead of dividing it.” pic.twitter.com/rx94mhe0CI
— Washington Journal (@cspanwj) May 15, 2018
“After November and before the end of the year I will make a decision about my own future,” he said on C-SPAN this morning. “I’m going to think about it,” he added, using the same kind of language many other likely candidates are mouthing.
Castro, who is helping “young progressive Democrats” in the 2018 midterm elections, said that President Trump is taking the nation in “the wrong direction,” and stressed that he would map out a less forceful foreign policy.
He called it “soft power,” and said that it would not be based “necessarily” on military power.
WATCH: @JulianCastro is considering a run for president in 2020 & tells us he will “make a decision by the end of the year.” pic.twitter.com/TpXmpOyBri
— Washington Journal (@cspanwj) May 15, 2018
Castro echoed other Democratic attacks on Trump, claiming that the president was being unjust to some Americans and taking the country “backward.”
And he hit the administration’s ethics, claiming that “this is the most corrupt administration that we have had in this country in a very long time.”
Castro could be popular among younger and Hispanic voters, giving him an edge over more generic Democrats.
