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TexasTowelie

(112,445 posts) Sun Jun 16, 2019, 07:53 PM Jun 2019

Julian Castro challenges Donald Trump, Fox News in Tempe town hall

Presidential candidate Julian Castro aimed for a national breakout Thursday during a televised Fox News town hall in Tempe in which he hammered President Donald Trump while ignoring his many Democratic rivals.

The town hall, taped against the backdrop of Tempe Town Lake and before an audience of Republicans and Democrats, may not have provided the big moment sought by Castro, who served as secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Barack Obama and is a former mayor of San Antonio.

But Castro took on Trump and repeatedly rebuffed the hosts’ attempts to have him talk about his Democratic rivals.

Early on, Castro attacked Trump for comments indicating Trump would accept opposition research on a political opponent from a foreign government. He said such a comment is “unprecedented.”

Read more: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2019/06/13/julian-castro-challenges-donald-trump-fox-news-tempe-town-hall/1413529001/

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Julian Castro challenges Donald Trump, Fox News in Tempe town hall (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP

Fox wants Dems to talk negatively about other Dems in these town halls so it can be used later. LonePirate Jun 2019 #1

With a sizable Latino constituency customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #2

Castro's a cinch for a cabinet post in the next Dem administration. oasis Jun 2019 #3

LonePirate

(13,431 posts)

1. Fox wants Dems to talk negatively about other Dems in these town halls so it can be used later.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Jun 16, 2019, 08:17 PM

Jun 2019

Also, they don't want their viewers to hear anything bad about the Fascist in Chief so Castro trashing him in this town hall is the best result we could hope for here.