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.@evanasmith is live with @JulianCastro and @JoaquinCastrotx to discuss the coronavirus crisis and more. Tune in: #ttevents twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

.@JoaquinCastrotx says he will do everything he can to help @mjhegar beat @JohnCornyn, and @JulianCastro says he feels good about Hegar’s campaign and what she can accomplish in November. #ttevents bit.ly/3gZTEfZ

.@JulianCastro on what has gone wrong with the coronavirus response: “There was a slow response at the national level and state level ... we have a president who wanted to pretend like this really wasn’t an issue.” bit.ly/3gZTEfZ

.@JoaquinCastrotx says he thinks @GovAbbott should have called a special session to address the coronavirus crisis, asks: “Why hasn’t the governor taken the lead and used what he can of the rainy day fund toward this problem?”

Tune in: bit.ly/3gZTEfZ

.@JulianCastro and @JoaquinCastrotx said that if they had to make the decision today, they would not send their kids back to school in person. bit.ly/3gZTEfZ

.@JulianCastro says he thinks @JoeBiden has a good chance of winning Texas in November and that he supports him enthusiastically.

Watch: bit.ly/3gZTEfZ

.@JulianCastro says he is not currently aiming for any elected office, but he will wait to see if he wants to run for office again in the future. bit.ly/3gZTEfZ

@JulianCastro .@JoaquinCastrotx says going to prison should not be a death sentence as coronavirus runs rampant in Texas prisons.

Read some of our reporting on this here: bit.ly/3f9VkTJ

Thanks for watching, folks!

To hear more from @JulianCastro and @JoaquinCastrotx, join us at The Texas Tribune Festival online in September — we’ve got a great lineup of important conversations planned.

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