Julian Castro bashed the coverage of Sen. Kamala Harris’s campaign in the wake of her decision to drop out of the presidential race.
Harris, 55, announced on Tuesday that she was pulling the plug on her campaign after failing to move to the top of the crowded Democratic primary. Following her announcement, Castro, 45, lamented the downfall of Harris’s campaign.
“She’s one of the most qualified people running and, throughout this campaign, she has run her campaign with class and with dignity,” Castro said.
Castro continued by claiming that Harris was treated unfairly by the media in the final weeks of her campaign. He referenced a report from Politico that claimed Harris’s campaign was in “meltdown” and included a comment from a staffer who said the campaign had “no discipline, no plan, no strategy.”
He also cited the New York Times and Washington Post, which also published reports about how Harris’s campaign “unraveled” because she didn’t know the type of candidate she wanted to be.
“I will say that the way that the media have treated Senator Harris in this campaign has been something else. In the last few days, to see articles out of Politico, the New York Times, Washington Post that have basically trashed her campaign, and focused on just one small part of it, and I think held her to a different standard, a double standard, has been grossly unfair and unfortunate,” Castro said.
He added, “I’m glad she’s going to keep fighting in the United States Senate, and I believe that she and I share a very common vision for the future of our country.”
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VIDEO: @JulianCastro commends the campaign @KamalaHarris ran and says the media’s coverage of her campaign has been “something else.”
Says she was held to a double standard and it was “grossly unfair and unfortunate.” pic.twitter.com/jbgyOVXrGf
— Tim Perry (@tperry518) December 3, 2019
Castro, who served as President Obama’s housing and urban development secretary, has struggled to break out in the campaign. He did not qualify for the November debate and has a long way to go to qualify for the December debates. His RealClearPolitics polling average shows his nationwide support at 1.4%.
