I don't mind if my ideas get backlash -- but I won't be told to sit down.
This is a long email. I’m going to be brutally honest, and say some things I’ve never said before -- I hope I can count on you to read until the end.
 
I got a lot of backlash from the last debate.
 
I spoke my mind. And I did what I told you I would do in this campaign -- I stood up for people who were being ignored. 
 
And frankly, my fundraising numbers have taken a hit because of it.
 
But do I regret it? Absolutely not.
 
When I announced my campaign for president, it wasn’t because the establishment or mainstream media expected me to.
 
It wasn’t because I knew I’d be at the top of the polls, or because I had the personal wealth to build a campaign from my own pocket.
 
I’m running because I refused to sit by while no one with my voice, from my background, or with my story was part of the conversation.
 
Why do we expect Democratic voters -- the most diverse base in history -- to settle for more of the same?
 
My grandmother was a Mexican immigrant.
 
She cleaned houses and worked as a babysitter to earn her piece of the American dream.
 
My mother was a second generation immigrant.
 
She raised me and my twin brother as a single parent, pouring her heart and soul into community activism to make a better future for us.
 
We kept our heads down and trusted that if we worked hard enough, we would be deserving of the promise of this country.
 
Imagine how it felt when Donald Trump’s first campaign pledge was to demean, brutalize, and attack Mexican immigrants like my family.
 
To see his bigotry and hatred make its way up to the highest office in our nation wasn’t just heartbreaking… it was devastating.
 
We can’t ignore that this is a part of our history now.
 
And we can’t deny that we need voices like mine on that debate stage taking this head on like we’ve never done before.
 
I don’t mind if my ideas get backlash -- but I won’t be told to sit down.
 
I need your support now more than ever before to earn my place on that next debate stage and keep speaking truth for us. 
 
I need you to chip in $5 before midnight. I need you to forward this to a friend or a family member and explain why we need their help, too. And I need you to not give up on me.
 
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Thank you,
 
Julián 
 

 
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No one like Julián Castro has ever been in the Oval Office. His grandmother immigrated here from Mexico when she was just 7 years old. She never got past the 4th grade, but she provided for her family by working as a maid and a housekeeper.

Now, her grandson is running for President of the United States. Against all odds, grassroots Democrats like YOU helped him qualify for the Democratic debates and sent him to the front of the pack of Democratic candidates.

We know we send you a lot of emails, but that’s because we’re relying on grassroots supporters to overcome our next big challenge:

Julián must be able to compete and build a movement that lasts for the long haul, and he’s not taking a cent of corporate PAC money to do it. Will you be a part of this historic campaign?


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