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For days now, NBC News has been running a series on NBC Nightly News called “My Big Idea” in which they give 2020 Democrats a chance to push their campaign propaganda with the network’s aid and largely unchallenged.
Friday’s edition featured former Housing Secretary Julian Castro, who was demanding universal pre-K. And Saturday’s was about former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper who wanted yet another federal job training program.
The Friday report by correspondent Harry Smith was pure Democratic propaganda. “At Castro's urging, voters in San Antonio agreed to raise taxes for universal pre-k, which is free to low-income families. What he wants now is free pre-k for all 3 and 4-year-olds nationwide,” Smith boasted of his subject’s record.
Speaking of Castro’s record, at no point did Smith note for viewers that Castro had worked during in the Obama administration. Smith recalled that Castro was “elected mayor of San Antonio at just 35, Julian Castro gave the keynote speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.” Castro then somehow “later became secretary of Housing and Urban Development.”
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