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Julian Castro on his DNC Keynote Speech, Texas ‘Turning Blue’

Sep 5, 2012 7:00 PM EST

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Mayor of San Antonio and Tuesday night’s keynote speaker Julian Castro stopped by the NewsHour skybox. “If you are looking for the bigger tent party across a whole host of issues, that’s the Democratic party,” he said.

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