Julián Castro

Let's bring in Charlie Sykes, author of the Substack newsletter to the contrary.

Democratic strategist and former communications director for Julian Castro's campaign, Sawyer Hackett.

Capitol Hill correspondent for Puck, Mariana Sotomayor, and our own MSNL Capitol Hill reporter, Kevin Fry.

Charlie, let's talk about that ad.

But there's so much else we haven't been able to show you until now, including the president trying to impress China's leader with some of his latest obsessions, like his new helipad, the ballroom construction site, and that infamous presidential walk of fame where he has hung a picture of an auto pen instead of President Joe Biden's portrait.

We're joined by MSNL White House reporter Jake Traylor, New York Times chief White House correspondent and MSNL contributor Peter Baker, and former HUD secretary and MSNL political analyst Julian Castro.

He is also the CEO of the Latino Community Foundation.

The president had this giant spectacle planned for Xi, then torpedoed his own coverage with the press battle, and then still went online to complain he wasn't getting coverage from MSNOW and CNN, which, by the way, we were denied access again to Xi's state dinner arrival last night.

So far, Paxton has remained silent on that debate offer.

Joining me now, Tony Plohetsky, reporter for the Austin American-Statesman and MSNOW political analyst.

Julian Castro is also back with me.

OK, Tony, I think anyone who saw...

I mean, ultimately, I think the candidate who wins the nomination and ultimately the candidate who goes on to win the presidency is the candidate who best meets the moment.

That's what my old boss used to say, Julian Castro, who ran for president in 2020.

And I think he's right about that.

It's usually the candidate who has kind of the vision and the policies that resonate with the mood that voters are feeling.

She clerked for the Honorable Eric L. Clay of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

In 2020, she served as campaign manager for Julian Castro's presidential campaign and is only the third Black woman to have managed a major presidential campaign.

When Secretary Castro exited the race, she joined Elizabeth Warren's campaign as a senior advisor.

In 2021, she managed Maya Wiley's New York City mayoral campaign.

You seem too cautious, too careful.

That's what we got.

I managed Julian Castro's campaign, and we would constantly get people saying, He seemed too careful, too buttoned up, too polished.

But what was frustrating was that we also know that when candidates of color don't come across that way, they get penalized more harshly.

And the tide's gonna turn and it's all

On January 7th, 2020, former HUD Secretary Julian Castro endorsed Elizabeth Warren.

It was a week after he ended his own presidential campaign.

They appeared together in King's Theater, Brooklyn, New York.

This latest example of Trump clearly losing the pulse of ordinary Americans, who have repeatedly said they are worried about where the AI revolution is headed.

Joining me now, Sawyer Hackett, Democratic strategist and communications director for Julián Castro's 2020 presidential campaign, and Sabrina Siddiqui, national politics reporter for the Wall Street Journal.

Sawyer, Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon on the same side of an issue.

What does that tell you?

Bobby.

Julian Castro.

Thank you, Julian.

We appreciate it.

So there was this funny anecdote.

We were talking to somebody and I think it was Julian Castro, who was the mayor of San Antonio.

And he was like, I've never seen so many private jets in San Antonio.

What's going on? And it was like the beverage distributor conference.