No Julian Castro at Dem convention - WTF -

[cilla4progress]

is this true?? Angering, if so.

Any Latinos/Latinas on the schedule?

[lagomorph777]

1. Well, we needed to make plenty of space for all the Reptilican speakers.

[lillypaddle]

2. Who are you talking about?

[cilla4progress]

6. Kasich

Others?

[lagomorph777]

7. Chuck Hagel, John Kasich, Mike Bloomberg, Jeff Deans

[nolabear]

26. Are you serious about Bloomberg?

That lying sack of crap who was going to bombard the airwaves with anti-45 ads?

*note: if he does in the next couple of months I’ll consider forgiving him.

[brooklynite]

30. You mean the Democrat who supported Hillary Clinton and spoke at the 2016 Convention?

BTW: I assume you're equally upset at how little Bidden has spent in the dog days of August?

[nolabear]

33. Look, I said I'd forgive if he keeps his word.

But he’s the one who made a big deal of it and I haven’t seen it.

[brooklynite]

37. Maybe he knows more than the armchair campaign managers here...

...about when is the best time to be spending.

[awesomerwb1]

3. Of course there's "latinos/latinas" on the schedule

You can Google the full schedule.

[TomCADem]

29. Isn't AOC Latina?

nt

[awesomerwb1]

31. Yep

[blue cat]

4. He was one of the last to endorse Biden.

It upset me that he took so long.

[onetexan]

17. I was terribly disappointed too. He seemed to resent the fact

He did not seem to be a team player. He also did not do well in the debates & didnt have broader Latino support outside of TX. I think the castro bros should focus on TX positions of office rather than run for fed level.

[nsd]

5. Catherine Cortez Masto, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Michelle Lujan Grisham.

Why should Julian Castro speak? All I remember about that guy from the debates is thinking he's a jerk.

[cilla4progress]

9. AOC still getting only

one minute?

Castro was only Latino running for Prez. He deserves a spot, IMHO. And I think it's a stick in the eye and mistake not to give him one!

[nsd]

13. Yeah, I remember Castro running for president.

In particular, I remember this:

So I'm good with Castro being left out.

[SlogginThroughIt]

19. Maybe they "forgot" to invite him

[Demsrule86]

35. Yep, that was beyond the pale.

[onetexan]

18. Ditto

[Hortensis]

8. :) There are several LatinX featured, including one of the Castros

according to what I read. First-term Rep. Ocasio-Cortez is apparently in a bit of a snit because she's only featured twice and not given the starring role among a Hispanic lineup chosen from ex-cabinet members, governors, mayors, senators, etc. But she's there also.

[cilla4progress]

10. Important spot?

What did i miss?

[Hortensis]

14. I removed that because I realized I didn't remember

what I read, or even for sure which one.

Okay: It's Julian, but the "important" I remembered was probably his keynote address in 2012; this year he'll be in a segment for our other 2020 candidates.

[murielm99]

16. Was AOC involved in the primaries in some way that I missed?

I would rather see Lauren Underwood there. She is doing some serious work. She could use the exposure.

[Hortensis]

21. I'd read about honoring America's Hispanics

at the convention. Sorry, don't know about Underwood, but I like her district's choice also. We have many good people who deserve recognition. Comes with being Democrats.

[murielm99]

23. I understand that it is about Hispanics.

There are so many other people, Hispanic and otherwise, who deserve the spotlight. IMO, AOC is overexposed.

[Hortensis]

25. :) Agree. At this point it's all about the election and GOTV,

of course. Where there's a demo to be recognized, they will be. Somehow. Our party is so extremely, wonderfully diverse.

While the Republicans just speak to white men, schmooze white women to stem their departure, toss a few "outreach" bones to AA and Hispanics, and ignore all the rest.

[Demsrule86]

12. Self delete...as you are not right...get on board.

Trump or Biden...that is the choice.

[cilla4progress]

15. My gosh

Get in line, huh?

No criticism allowed? Even JOE wants Kamala to be the last person in the room so she can criticize him where appropriate!

Yeah, like, "I'm not gonna vote for Joe now..."

C'mon, man...!

[SlogginThroughIt]

20. That's right. No criticism until after election.

[Demsrule86]

34. This sort of post dampens enthusiasm and may cause others not to vote.

[TheBlackAdder]

22. One of two things is happening: Trying to made Dems safe for Moderate Cons to embrace -or- worse.

[BGBD]

24. Already getting tired

of everyone crying over who got how much time to speak at the convention.

Why does Castro deserve a spot to speak, especially at a condensed convention? He didn't get any support during the primary and when he dropped out the first thing he did was run to endorse Warren instead of Biden. Nevermind that he helped give legs to the whole "Biden is in mental decline" thing that the right wing loves so much right now.

[themaguffin]

27. Trump is raping us. Frankly I don't care who speaks

[oasis]

28. If Julian was fluent in Spanish it might have helped his case.

Addressing the Latinos in the audience with a soothing, familiar tongue, is always a nice touch.

[hamsterjill]

32. The wrong twin gets the attention.

As a many decades San Antonion, I’ve watched the Castro brothers come in to their own. While Julian is great, it is Joaquin (happily, my Congressman!!!) who is the fighter.

[cilla4progress]

36. Appreciate the convo here, folks,

and, yes, tone!

I especially thank those who have schooled me!

DU at its finest.

ONWARD to the White House for two of America's HEROES!!

[JI7]

38. He isn't popular among Latinos