Who would you like to see as Hillary's running mate? (HRC Group)

[BlueCaliDem]

57. That was back in 2012. It's 2016, and he's been getting tutoring in Spanish since.

He's also fluent in Latin and Japanese, so I don't think mastering the Spanish language will be all too hard for him.

From HuffPo 2012:

A number of news outlets have suggested that Julian Castro represents the Democrats’ answer to Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, who, like Castro, is Hispanic and spoke at his party’s national convention.

Unlike Castro, however, Rubio is fluent in Spanish, as evidenced by an interview he gave Telemundo last year.

While the comparison is an obvious one, the implication about Castro’s lack of speaking skills is a bit overblown. According to the same The New York Times magazine’s 2010 profile story of Castro in which he admitted he didn’t really speak the language, Castro was also receiving Spanish tutoring at the time (whether he obtained fluency is unknown).