Julián Castro embarked on a fierce line of attack against Joe Biden over healthcare during Thursday night’s Democratic debate, culminating in him accusing the former vice president of forgetting what he said during the debate.
“I want every single American family to have a strong Medicare plan available,” Castro, 44, said before adding that he does believe people should be able to “choose to hold on to strong, solid private health insurance.”
“But the difference between what I support and what you support, Vice President Biden, is that you require them to opt-in,” Castro said, noting that under his plan, people would be automatically enrolled. “Barack Obama’s vision was not to leave 10 million people uncovered; he wanted every single person in this country covered. My plan would do that, your plan would not.”
“They do not have to buy in,” Biden, 76, responded.
“You just said that two minutes ago,” Castro shot back as Biden shook his head and said, “You do not have to buy in if you can’t afford it.”
As the two men talked over each other, Castro broke in and retorted to mixed applause and jeering from the crowd, “Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?”
“Are you forgetting already what you said just two minutes ago? I mean, I can’t believe that you said two minutes ago that they had to buy in, and now you’re saying they don’t have to buy — you’re forgetting that,” he said.
“I’m fulfilling the legacy of Barack Obama, and you’re not,” Castro added.
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