Julián Castro said that 'a lot of people were surprised' by his breakout performance at last night's Democratic presidential debate
A smiling Julián Castro said Thursday morning that "a lot of people were surprised" by his breakout performance at Wednesday night's Democratic presidential debate, a star-turn that could offer a lifeline to his struggling 2020 campaign.
Castro lambasted O’Rourke because he has not joined other candidates, including Castro, in calling for the repeal of Section 1325 of the Immigration Nationality Act, a law that the former housing and urban development secretary said has served as the legal underpinning for the Trump administration's controversial separations of migrant families crossing the border illegally.
“Well, I would be lying if I said that I hadn't thought about the issue before,” he said, pointing to recent news coverage of a father and young daughter whose bodies were photographed in the Rio Grande after they drowned attempting to enter the U.S. "If I was extra animated last night, it's because I was feeling what a lot of people were feeling. We have to make sure that this cruelty from the administration stops.
O'Rourke, for his part, told MSNBC in his own "Morning Joe" interview that it was not his intention Wednesday night to attack other candidates but instead to "reflect back what I've heard" on the campaign trail in the 100-plus events he has held thus far.
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