The Weather Too Cold For Julian Castro!

Former HUD Secretary Julian Castro bows out the race for president.

Another candidate drops out the race for the Democratic nomination. The former Housing and Urban Development Secretary under Barack Obama, Julian Castro has ended his bid for the presidency.

Castro would be the only Latino man to run for the nomination. The only candidates of color left in this race are Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and business mogul Andrew Yang.

No viable candidate has emerged in this race. Now that Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Beto O'Rourke are out, I really have no interest in the candidates. This is a big issue with the Democrats.

They're going to nominate an old white and milquetoast nominee.

Castro seen as a viable candidate was facing the same odds Harris and O'Rourke faced. They were in a field that was too damn crowded.

Donald J. Trump has sucked the air out the room. With his impeachment trial beginning, the imbecile has already sealed a strategy to win even though he will carry that badge of shame throughout his presidency.

It’s with profound gratitude to all of our supporters that I suspend my campaign for president today.

I’m so proud of everything we’ve accomplished together. I’m going to keep fighting for an America where everyone counts—I hope you’ll join me in that fight. pic.twitter.com/jXQLJa3AdC

— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) January 2, 2020

"It is meaningful to be able to run right now when the Latino community feels like this President has put a target on their back," said Castro to Don Lemon on CNN.

Castro launched his longshot bid nearly a year ago in his native San Antonio, hoping to excite a diverse coalition of voters who could power him to the White House.

When he bowed out of the race Thursday, his allies expressed frustration that he was prevented from doing so, casting him as a victim of a primary process that inhibits candidates of color. In interviews, a half-dozen former aides and allies cast the first major Latino candidate in the 2020 race as a casualty of a system that already Harris, Booker and him from gaining traction.

"I'm so proud of the campaign we've run together. We've shaped the conversation on so many important issues in this race, stood up for the most vulnerable people, and given a voice to those who are often forgotten," Castro said in an online message.

He brought attention to police violence against people of color.

The video name checked, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Aiyana Jones, Eric Garner, LaQuan McDonald, Sandra Bland, Pamela Turner, Stephon Clark, Antonio Arce and Trayvon Martin.

It ends with "¡Ganaremos un día!"—which translates to "We will win one day!"

Castro had suffered with straggling polls and he was often overshadowed by Beto O'Rourke and Pete Buttigieg, the younger candidates running.

Castro had stalled for most of his campaign around 1 per cent in polls and entered October low on money.

The Republican Party's rapid response director, Steve Guest, jabbed Castro just five minutes after his announcement in a tweet that read: 'thank u, next.'

Castro, 45, was among the youngest in the running at a moment when the party's ascendant left wing is demanding generational change.

And as the grandson of a Mexican immigrant, Castro said he recognized the meaning of his candidacy in the face of President Donald Trump's inflammatory anti-immigrant rhetoric and hardline policies on the U.S.-Mexico border.

But he labored not to be pigeonholed as a single-issue candidate.

Castro made the attention-getting choice of Puerto Rico as his first campaign stop, recited the names of black victims killed in high-profile police shootings and was the first in the field to call for Trump's impeachment.

Julian Castro was a tough contender in this race. But due to his resistance of dark money and SuperPacs, he ran out of cash fast.

He wasn't able to make it to the debate stage in December and was struggling to win over voters in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

Castro was then a former mayor of San Antonio. He was brought into the Barack Obama administration in 2015 to lead the Housing and Urban Development.

He is married with three children. He has a twin brother.

Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) voted to impeach Trump and has been a vocal critic of the White House's failure to bring information to the intelligence committee. He was the first member of Congress to endorse Castro for president.