Politico: “Castro welcomed home-state colleague Beto O’Rourke into the crowded Democratic presidential primary field Thursday by releasing a list of more than two dozen elected and appointed Texas officials endorsing the former San Antonio mayor over the ex-El Paso congressman. The attempted show of force on O’Rourke’s launch day, however, may have fallen a little flat. The timing of Castro’s brushback pitch was viewed by some Democrats as unsportsmanlike.
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