WASHINGTON — Consultant Joaquin Castro, Democrat of Texas, has made no secret of his want to see President Trump out of workplace: He has been one
WASHINGTON — Consultant Joaquin Castro, Democrat of Texas, has made no secret of his want to see President Trump out of workplace: He has been one of the crucial vocal critics of the president’s immigration insurance policies and voted to question him the primary time.
Now Mr. Castro, a Harvard-educated lawyer who sits on the Intelligence Committee, shall be part of the prosecution towards Mr. Trump as an impeachment supervisor within the Senate trial.
In his remarks on the Home ground on Wednesday earlier than the vote to question Mr. Trump, Mr. Castro described the assault on the Capitol after which requested his fellow lawmakers: “What do you suppose they’d have achieved if they’d gotten in? What do you suppose they’d have achieved to you? And who do you suppose despatched them right here?”
He concluded that impeachment was the one choice.
“If inciting a lethal rebellion will not be sufficient to get a president impeached, then what’s?” Mr. Castro stated. “All of us should reply that query as we speak.”
A San Antonio native and second-generation Mexican-American, Mr. Castro served within the Texas Legislature earlier than successful a bid for a congressional seat in 2012. Named by his friends as president of the freshman congressional class in 2013, Mr. Castro quickly secured a spot on the Intelligence Committee and in management roles within the Hispanic Caucus.
As a member of the committee in 2019, Mr. Castro sat in on each the preliminary closed-door hearings throughout Mr. Trump’s first impeachment inquiry after which the general public questioning of witnesses earlier than the drafting of impeachment articles. He additionally serves on the Home International Affairs Committee.
Mr. Castro, who led the Hispanic Caucus in the course of the 116th Congress, has loudly opposed Mr. Trump’s immigration insurance policies, main quite a few delegations to the southwestern border and condemning what he has referred to as merciless and dehumanizing insurance policies.
Mr. Castro’s an identical twin brother, Julián Castro, ran for the Democratic presidential nomination together with his assist in 2020. After Julián Castro dropped out, Mr. Castro endorsed Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts earlier than supporting Joseph R. Biden Jr.