Beto 'Sure Did' Feel A Bit Targeted By Other Dems, But 'That's Part Of Politics'
By Nicole Lafond
June 27, 2019 8:30 am
Democratic presidential candidate Beto ORourke acknowledged that he was specifically targeted during the first round of Democratic debates, but laughed off the notion that it might hurt his standing.
I sure did, he said, when asked if he felt he was the recipient of some incoming criticism on Wednesday night. But thats part of politics and thats part of the debate. Certainly one where you have 10 candidates on the stage, each of them trying to make their mark. I choose to define myself not against other people. Im really running not against any of those other candidates but for the United States of America.
Others have a different strategy, one that involved attacking other candidates, he continued. And Ill leave it to pundits and others to judge performance or the best tactics one could take, but I was very pleased with my ability to lay out why Im doing this and what it is I want to accomplish.
Candidates Julian Castro and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio went after ORourke on the debate stage. Castro accused ORourke of not doing his homework on immigration and de Blasio cut the former Texas congressman off during a discussion about eliminating private health insurance.
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