Julian Castro seizes on border crisis in bid to leapfrog Beto O'Rourke
by Melanie Mason and Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times
Jun 27, 2019
3 minutes
MIAMI - After six months of languishing in the lower tier of 2020 presidential hopefuls, Julian Castro managed to make his mark in the first Democratic debate with his scathing attack on fellow Texan Beto O'Rourke over the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
It was more than just a spat over immigration policy between two border-state rivals.
Castro's rhetorical assault was also an apparent attempt to strengthen his campaign's financial and political standing in his home
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