Democratic Candidates Praise Labor -- and the Obama Legacy, Too

LAS VEGAS — Former Housing Secretary Julián Castro insisted that on immigration matters, “there’s no comparison between Obama and Trump, O.K.?”

In response to a reporter’s question, Senator Elizabeth Warren only briefly acknowledged past disagreements with the Obama administration before pivoting to praise former President Barack Obama’s achievements on health care and protecting consumers.

And Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, who did not qualify for this past week’s debates, swiped at some of his opponents who made the stage, saying they tried to “tear down the Obama legacy to try to have a viral moment to qualify for the next debate.”

After several of the presidential candidates were critical of some policies overseen by Mr. Obama, who has a 90 percent approval rating among Democrats, at the debates in Detroit, the tone was strikingly different Saturday at the candidates’ first major gathering since then.

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