Julián Castro Slams CNN Debate for Not Asking More Substantive Questions: ‘Journalistic Malpractice’

Julian Castro slammed CNN’s 2020 Democratic Debate on Tuesday night for not placing a greater focus on several major issues.

After Castro was finished on-stage, he joined MSNBC’s Chris Hayes and expressed his view that the debate didn’t give enough time to talk about Syria, North Korea or China. “There were very significant gaps on the domestic side too,” Castro said, objecting to the lack of questions about immigration and housing.

“I challenge CNN and The New York Times to ask, finally ask, about homelessness and housing. I tried to insert a little bit about that in some of my answers. But we talked about Ellen [DeGeneres] at the end. I know what the point of the question was, but we keep leaving some of these huge issues that impact families off of the question agenda at these debates. And really, it’s journalistic malpractice to do that.”

When asked if he thinks the voters have “a clear sense” in terms of why they’re focused on health care, Castro raised further criticisms by saying “I think every family is focused on whether they have good health care or how they can get it. I also think that they’re focused on the fact that a lot of people can’t pay the rent, right? And so there are these sort of issues that are never touched on that intimately affect families every single day, that we just never get.”

Watch above, via MSNBC.

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