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(Julian) Castro comes around, finally backs Biden
Fox News ^ | June 02 2020 | Paul Steinhauser, Allie Raffa

Posted on 06/02/2020 12:26:36 PM PDT by knighthawk

Julian Castro – one of the final holdouts from the once-vast field of Democratic presidential candidates who had yet to endorse Joe Biden’s presidential campaign – on Tuesday formally backed the former vice president’s White House bid.

Castro, a former San Antonio, Texas mayor who later served as Housing and Urban Development secretary in then-President Barack Obama’s Cabinet, tweeted that “Joe Biden recognizes the urgent need for real reform to address our broken policing system. I’m proud to support him, and I look forward to seeing these reforms become law, so that what happened to George Floyd never happens again.”

Castro’s endorsement came a couple of hours after Biden – in a major speech amid nationwide protests and riots sparked by Floyd's death in Minneapolis police custody – vowed to reverse the nation’s “systemic racism with long-overdue concrete changes.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biden; juliancastro
I bet the other Castro backs Biden too!
1 posted on 06/02/2020 12:26:36 PM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

This is the moron that said that men can get pregnant and need free abortions. I despise these folks.


2 posted on 06/02/2020 12:34:19 PM PDT by Wm F Buckley Republican
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To: knighthawk

So Biden thinks the USA is racist?

That’s sure to get him a lot of votes.

What a platform! More taxes, take care of all the racists, and you know standing up for the- you know,... the thing.


3 posted on 06/02/2020 12:36:31 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: knighthawk

Sleepy Joe is having turnout and enthuasism problems with Latinos...

Latinos know that Old Joe is sick and weak... they may not like Trump, but they respect his strength.


4 posted on 06/02/2020 12:57:07 PM PDT by sheehan (DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS.)
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