>>> I AM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT BECAUSE IT IS TIME FOR A NEW
COMMITMENT.
COMMITMENT. >> LET’S GET RIGHT TO THE GUY
YOU JUST HEARD, NOW A DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HIMSELF,
JULIAN CASTRO.
JULIAN CASTRO. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD TO BE HERE.
>> YOU WERE AMONG THE FIRST
PEOPLE TO SAY YOU BELIEVE JUSTIN
FAIRFAX’S ACCUSER.
FAIRFAX’S ACCUSER. IT IS A MESS IN VIRGINIA.
IS THE RIGHT CALL?
>> WHAT I CAN SAY IS HOW I CAME
TO MY DECISION ABOUT CALLING ON
GOVERNOR NORTHAM TO RESIGN.
FIRST OF ALL I THINK THAT WE
OUGHT TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE
EVERYBODY COUNTS AND EVERYBODY
IS RESPECTED.
IS RESPECTED. WHAT I SAW WAS A SITUATION WHERE
YOU HAD SOMEBODY WHO DID
SOMETHING WHEN THEY WERE A
MEDICAL SCHOOL SKUNTTUDENT, NOT
HIGH SCHOOL.
HIGH SCHOOL. AND IN 1984, NOT ’54, AND HE WAS
CAUGHT.
CAUGHT. HE DIDN’T COME OUT AND SAY AWANT
TO APOLOGIZE.
TO APOLOGIZE. I STILL THINK HE SHOULD RESIGN.
I BELIEVE HE WASN’T BE
EFFECTIVE.
EFFECTIVE. WITH LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
FAIRFAX, I READ DR. TYSON’S
STATEMENT, I BELIEVE HER CLAIM.
HE DENIED THAT.
I HOPE THERE IS A PROCESS TO
UNDERSTAND.
UNDERSTAND. AND THERE MAY NOT BE, BUT WHAT
YOU SEE CLEARLY AND ALL OF US
FEEL IN THIS COUNTRY IS THAT FOR
SO MANY YEARS FOR GENERATIONS,
CLAIMS LIKE THIS WHETHER THEY
HAPPENED IN THE WORKPLACE THEY
WERE COMPLETELY DISMISSED.
JUST IGNORED A LOT OF TIMES.
MANY TIMES THE WOMAN WOULD BE
PENALIZED FOR BRINGING IT
FORWARD.
FORWARD. THANKFULLY WE HAVE MOVED
COMPLETELY IN THE OTHER
DIRECTION.
DIRECTION. >> IS THERE A POINT GO TOO FAR?
>> I BELIEVE WE SHOULD GIVE THE
BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AT LEAST
WHEN THE CLAIM IS MADE TO HAVE A
PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. THEY SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED,
THEY SHOULD -- I ASKED THIS OF
CONGRESSWOMAN CORTE SFRKS.
HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE A BETTER
SEARCH, SHE NOT WRONG IN THIS
RESPECT.
RESPECT. EVERY TIME HE SHOWS UP IT IS THE
ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM AND YOU’RE
FORCED TO BE ASKED ABOUT IT.
IF RERESIGNS HE HAS TO HIDE, AND
WE SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG AND
HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT
RACE.
RACE. >> NUMBER ONE, WE CAN ACCEPT AN
APOLOGY
APOLOGY APOLOGY, WE CAN FORGIVE, BUT IT
IS DIFFERENT FROM SOMEONE
SERVING IN TRUST AND AUTHORITY.
.
. SECONDLY AND THIS IS WHAT
STRIKES ME ABOUT DR. TYSON’S
CLAIM, IF WE SWEEP THESE UNDER
THE RUG WE GO BACKWARD.
I THINK WE ARE SENDING A MESSAGE
JUST LIKE WE ARE WITH GOVERNOR
NORTHAM THAT YEAH, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS OFTEN TIMES IT IS
PAINFUL, BUT IT WAS PAINFUL TO
THE PEOPLE THAT WENT THROUGH IT,
BUT, AND HERE IS THE IMPORTANT
PART, BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL
CASE, IT SETS A STANDARD THAT WE
WANT TO LIVE BY OF RESPECT FOR
INDIVIDUALS GOING FORWARD.
>> WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO TEN
PEOPLE IN THIS RACE, OFFICIALLY.
>> I THOUGHT WE WERE AT LIKE A
DOZEN.
DOZEN. >> WHY YOU AND NOT ANY OF THESE
OTHER -- I SAY THIS, IT IS A
TALENTED FIELD ON PAPER,
RESUMÉS, TERRIFIC RESUMÉS, A
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT, YOU CAN
HAVE ANY ARRAY OF CANDIDATE
YOU’RE LOOKING FOR.
WHY DO YOU THINK YOU’RE BETTER
THAN ANYONE ELSE ON THIS STAGE?
>> THIS IS A VERY TALENTED FIELD
OF PEOPLE.
OF PEOPLE. I HAVE EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE I
HAVE A TRACK RECORD FOR GETTING
THINGS DONE.
THINGS DONE. YOU DID HAVE THE INTERMEDIATE --
YOU WERE CALLING ME MR. MAYOR A
SECOND AGO.
SECOND AGO. >> YOU’RE RUNNING AS A FORMER
MAYOR, I THINK YOU LOVE THAT
RECORD, I ASSUME.
>> I DO, AND I ALSO APPRECIATED
SERVING AT CABINET SECRETARY
WHICH IS A FEDERAL EXECUTIVE
POSITION, WHICH IS WHAT THE
PRESIDENT IS.