After calling for unity onstage, Booker sided with Castro's nasty attack on Biden offstage

[highplainsdem]

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Contrast that with Amy Klobuchar's response when asked about the attack:

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[question everything]

1. During the last debate, when CNN was really driving the candidates to go at each other

Klobuchar was the only one who resisted.

[crazytown]

12. and ewarren

[Celerity]

31. Pete has not personally attacked either. Klobuchar, Warren and Pete have been above the fray for the

most part.

[Thekaspervote]

2. Booker seems not to have learned from his mistakes either. I USED to like him

[PatSeg]

4. I used to like him as well

I haven't recovered from him practically demanding that Biden apologize to him and now this.

[Cha]

7. Just jumping on the Castro bandwagon

when Castro's insult was not only disgusting it was Wrong.. doesn't sound very woke to me.

[kcr]

3. Good.

The attacks on Castro are over the top and ridiculous.

[highplainsdem]

6. No, they're not. Castro was wrong -- Biden was right. It was Csstro's memory that was off.

ABC and others have fact-checked Castro on this.

It was a pathetic, nasty attack -- and it was dead wrong.

[kcr]

9. I don't agree that buying in is the same

So, I don't care about ABC's "fact check". But even if it were the case, I think the attacks on Castro are still over the top. I think the fact that the debates were civil are pushing people to feel the need to call someone out. Castro, it is.

[Cha]

8. "The attacks on Castro.. " Castro brought this

on himself. Dems are calling him out.

[kcr]

10. Which Dems are calling him out?

I've seen mostly the typical pundits and tweets. But even if a Dem or two thinks he's wrong, they're entitled to their opinion. I'm sure it's probably being voiced a lot classier than what I've seen here.

[Cha]

14. Senator Amy Klobuchar agrees with the Dems here..

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Julián Castro repeatedly attacked Joe Biden, but was wrong in debate’s most viral moment

While the moment quickly went viral on social media, the Daily Beast’s Lachlan Markay pointed out that Castro was incorrect — Biden didn’t actually say people would have to opt in to his plan. Instead, he said the exact opposite just a minute before the widely shared exchange.

“Anyone who can’t afford it gets automatically enrolled in the Medicare-type option we have,” Biden said of his plan.

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/joe-biden-julian-castro-debate-obama-forget-two-minutes-health-care-immigration-20190913.html

[kcr]

17. Oh, well

The NYT left her off their analysis entirely, so that might have left her a little grumpy.

[wiley]

29. It's not a matter of opinion. Castro was pathetic and dessperate

Beto, Klobuchar, and every other Democrat I've seen. Castro lied. He'll never get anywhere near The White House. His career is over. Booker knows better. To act in a despicable, cowardly manner like Castro is beneath him.

[Cha]

33. Thank you, wiley..

[Cha]

5. Booker's not as Woke as he thinks he is..

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And, Castro was Wrong

[oasis]

18. Thanks for posting this Cha.

Castro's going to have to do some bigtime soul searching.

[Cha]

20. More form Philly Inquirer.. Mahalo, Oasis!

Julián Castro repeatedly attacked Joe Biden, but was wrong in debate’s most viral moment

While the moment quickly went viral on social media, the Daily Beast’s Lachlan Markay pointed out that Castro was incorrect — Biden didn’t actually say people would have to opt in to his plan. Instead, he said the exact opposite just a minute before the widely shared exchange.

“Anyone who can’t afford it gets automatically enrolled in the Medicare-type option we have,” Biden said of his plan.

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/joe-biden-julian-castro-debate-obama-forget-two-minutes-health-care-immigration-20190913.html

[Bradical79]

23. That's one way to send your campaign into a death spiral...

Yikes

[Cha]

32. So Bizarre!

[peggysue2]

41. So, instead of . . .

Joe Biden forgetting what he'd said two minutes ago, it was Julian Castro who forgot what Joe said.

Sweet way to blow up your campaign. LOL.

[Cha]

42. Yes, Peggysue.. it was like

Instant Karma Boomeranging back on his big "gotcha".

[peggysue2]

43. LOL!!

Pretty much and it just was not a good look for Castro.

[emmaverybo]

11. I didn't believe Booker for a second tonight when he did his high-minded unity call. What a crock.

[Cha]

34. omg.. it's like two different people!

You could just tell, eh? Wouldn't want that for POTUS.

[thesquanderer]

38. He did the same thing at the last debate.

His early statement was about unity and not going after each other, and then later he went after Biden quite severely. Disappointing.

[highplainsdem]

40. Good point.

[peggysue2]

44. My oldest son cannot stand Cory Booker

I've aways liked the man from what I'd seen and read. But my son directed me to a couple of articles, none too flattering about his tenure in Newark. And my son really went off on Booker's 'Spartacus' moment.

"A blatant opportunist," he said. "Another PR moment."

So, I don't know. I guess it's something like: will the real Cory Booker please stand up. Or not.

[emmaverybo]

45. I've Been looking for the words to describe what is making me uncomfortable about Booker. Thank

your son for putting his finger on the personality/character dynamic Booker has demonstrated more than once that gives me such unease.

And your son knows his stuff! Booker’s tenure as mayor has occasioned some serious challenges.

[Cha]

46. Thanks for that from

yours son's perspective, Peggysue.

[MFGsunny]

47. Yea - Booker's moral compass has a bad case of the schizophrenic.

And duality, real or perceived, at any point does NOT become him ..... he still doesn't get it.

[Jirel]

13. Castro had a valid point, but was way over the top.

Biden’s “gaffes,” including the ones involving memory, are a big deal. But you don’t have that conversation by being mean spirited on a debate stage, with the attack as your key point to distinguishing yourself for the night.

[emmaverybo]

26. What he was harping on was not a gaffe and Biden had not forgotten. Biden was right. Castro was

wrong.

[Cha]

37. No he didn't.. Castro was Wrong. Biden was right.

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Julián Castro repeatedly attacked Joe Biden, but was wrong in debate’s most viral moment

While the moment quickly went viral on social media, the Daily Beast’s Lachlan Markay pointed out that Castro was incorrect — Biden didn’t actually say people would have to opt in to his plan. Instead, he said the exact opposite just a minute before the widely shared exchange.

“Anyone who can’t afford it gets automatically enrolled in the Medicare-type option we have,” Biden said of his plan.

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/joe-biden-julian-castro-debate-obama-forget-two-minutes-health-care-immigration-20190913.html

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Castro Blew it.. time will tell how badly.

[oasis]

15. Mitch Landrieu called Booker's backing of Castro's attack "insidious".

I agree.

[highplainsdem]

21. I agree, too.

[Cha]

36. Good to know! Because this is getting

Ridiculous that some people can't even see what went down right in front of their eyes and ears. Oh right.. Castro started this.

Mahalo, oasis

[BlueIdaho]

16. Booker and Castro are on the way out

It’s a pity the end of their campaigns will be remembered for their cheap shots.

[Green Line]

19. Agree

Nothing about who they are, just attacks on Biden, not a winning strategy.

[Bradical79]

22. Is this the one that a fact check showed Biden was right?

I didn't get to watch the debates, but I did see the comedic "highlights" on Colbert lol. Personally, I don't think I'd side with Castro when Castro was the one who couldn't remember correctly what was said 2 minutes earlier. Not a smart play, imo.

[highplainsdem]

24. Yes.

[Maru Kitteh]

25. I think less and less of Booker each time I see him.

[Pachamama]

27. In my opinion, both Booker and Castro were already at the end of their campaign - tonight ended them

Democrats need to be united and can get their message across without attacking each other. They can also highlight and differentiate themselves without attacking each other. Neither Booker or Castro seem to understand that and in a desperate attempt to say "Look at me" and think that they would magically leap ahead by attacking Biden, they will quickly learn that it has the opposite effect.

Ironically both should have been focused on how they might have a shot at the 2nd position - for VP or in the cabinet of the next Democratic President. But then again maybe they both realize they have other ambitions (such as Booker keeping his Senate seat or Castro running for a Texas office) and so their message was with that in mind.

(Amy Klobuchar in my opinion showed how it is done with class and as a strong democrat and I like her more and more...)

Who knows what was in the minds of Booker and Castro, I can only say "bye bye"....

[democratisphere]

28. The only good thing about Democratic Presidential debates is we can discover

who will NOT be our Presidential candidate and clearly why they won't be!

[mapol]

30. It seems to me, however, that

Elizabeth Warren was the calmest of the bunch. The rest of them were like elementary or middle school children, screaming and yelling at each other to compete for attention.

I'll also add that Kamela Harris was wrong to blast Biden the way she did, as well, especially because Biden was not altogether wrong about mandatory school busing, which was a fiasco in many places, including Boston.

[hlthe2b]

35. This is why every time I warm to Booker, he inevitably does something so "two-faced" that

my trust is sorely tested or increasingly irreparably damaged.

[pinkstarburst]

39. I like Booker less and less

with every debate. Each time he stands up and gives some insincere lecture to the rest of the stage about the need for unity, then proceeds to cut down the other nominees with ugly personal attacks.