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Friday, March 5, 2021

Magazine accidentally refers to San Antonio Congressman Joaquin Castro as 'Joaquin Phoenix'

Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 10:45 AM

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Even with beards we can still tell them apart: U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro (left) and actor Joaquin Phoenix (right). - LEFT: SCREEN CAPTURE / C-SPAN; RIGHT: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS / HARALD KRICHEL

Left: Screen Capture / C-SPAN; Right: Wikimedia Commons / Harald Krichel
Even with beards we can still tell them apart: U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro (left) and actor Joaquin Phoenix (right).

San Antonio Congressman Joaquin Castro is used to mistaken identity. So much so that he grew a patchy beard so he wouldn't be confused with his twin brother, former SA mayor Julian Castro, when the latter ran for president.

But a recent flub by the left-wing publication Mother Jones has taken Castro confusion to a whole new level.

In an article on the Biden administration's effort to increase diversity in the State Department, the magazine mentioned that "Rep. Joaquin Phoenix (D-Texas)" penned an introduction to a report on how remake the institution.

Shadi Hamid, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, pointed out the error in a tweet, cheekily noting that Phoenix, in addition to being a stellar actor, has "now turned his attention to transforming the State Department."

Joaquin Phoenix wears many hats. One of the greatest actors of his generation, he has now turned his attention to transforming the State Department.https://t.co/7Rcd3Tt9j2 pic.twitter.com/AsijXFiMZS
— Shadi Hamid (@shadihamid) March 3, 2021

While Phoenix in known for bringing spot-on impersonations to the screen — notably Johnny Cash and himself in the middle of a mental breakdown — we're pretty sure he's not working on a new project where he portrays a Texas congressman.

Mother Jones has since corrected the error in its online story.

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Tags: Joaquin Castro, Joaquin Phoenix, Mother Jones, Johnny Cash, Julian Castro, Texas politics, Congress, I walk the line, I'm Still Here, San Antonio, San Antonio politicians, twins, mistaken identity, Image

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