Julian Castro on possible 2020 run: "The American people respond to a vision for the future"

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🗓️ 30 August 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Chuck sits down with former HUD Secretary Julian Castro to talk about his possible presidential run in 2020.

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, we invite you to meet the press.
0:05.0	Meet the press.
0:09.0	Welcome to 1947, the Meet the Press Podcast.
0:11.7	My guest today is Julian Castro.
0:13.8	He's the former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, known as HUD, under President
0:16.9	Obama.
0:18.1	He joined Obama's cabinet in 2014 before that.
0:20.8	He was mayor of his hometown, San Antonio, Texas for five years.
0:24.3	Earlier this year he publicly launched the opportunity for super PAC to support progressive
0:28.3	candidates across the country.
0:30.1	That he considers a rising star in the Democratic Party as expressed interest in running for
0:33.6	President in 2020.
0:34.6	He's not one of those being coy.
0:36.4	He's like, yeah, I'm thinking about it.
0:38.1	And he said, oh, make a decision just after the midterm elections.
0:41.1	Secretary Castro, welcome to 1947.
0:43.0	Thanks for having me, Chuck.
0:44.0	First, I have to say I admire the fact that you're saying, yes, I'm thinking about it.
0:47.0	I'm not going to play coy.
0:51.0	Why not play coy?
0:52.0	Why did you decide?
0:53.0	Why do you feel as if you shouldn't play coy with something?
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