I admired the campaign that Julián Castro ran, and I'll continue to fight for our vision of justice and opportunity -- where everyone gets the chance to succeed and thrive. I paid close attention...
Julián Castro is a powerfully important voice for our country.
As a presidential candidate, he proposed bold and progressive policies — including reforming our immigration laws, fixing our broken criminal justice system, improving access to child care, and protecting the rights and equality of people with disabilities.
He’s made the Democratic primary more substantive, and his vision was always clear: Lift up the voices of the people who are struggling the most, and fight for deep, systemic reform.
I’m deeply grateful to receive his endorsement today. It is an honor to fight side by side with Julián Castro for the big, structural change we need.
We’ve got a lot to do in the last few weeks before the first caucuses and primaries. And our team is ready to make every single day count. But we can only reach every caucus-goer and voter we need to reach if grassroots donors continue to chip in.
Julián and I both had the honor to serve in President Obama’s administration, where we had the opportunity to work on a number of issues that touch people’s lives.
And we both have succeeded because we got a shot at the American Dream.
Julián’s grandmother, Victoria, came to the United States at seven years old. She never made it past the fourth grade, but worked hard to teach her family the value of hard work as she cleaned houses and worked as a maid. She passed on those values of hard work and perseverance to Julián’s mother, who passed them on to Julián and his twin brother, Joaquin.
Both of us were blessed with the kind of opportunity we’ve had because we worked hard, our families worked hard, and also because our country gave us a shot to succeed.
Now, Julián and I are fighting side by side to ensure that families in our country today can have the same opportunity to achieve their dreams as ours did.
I admired the campaign that Julián Castro ran, and I’ll continue to fight for our vision of justice and opportunity — where everyone gets the chance to succeed and thrive.
I paid close attention to the big ideas he was adding to the race (I always appreciate when someone has a plan), and I was always glad to run into him on the trail, from debate stages to the Iowa Steak Fry.
Tomorrow, we’ll come together again and speak at an event in New York City.
We’ll talk about putting political and economic power in the hands of the people, where it belongs.
And we’ll continue to fight to make it happen — but we can’t do it alone.
