“There are lessons that we can learn,” Castro said. “This is not about criticizing President Obama, this is about ‘OK, what does the next administration have to do?”
Author Marianne Williamson, meanwhile, was hit with an audience question about her position on vaccines. She’s faced pushback for saying the government shouldn’t be allowed to tell people what to do with their children, a comment she later walked back. She said she’s “fine” with schools mandating children get vaccines before attending, but said she’d boost federal spending on independent review of drugs, saying she distrusts the pharmaceutical industry.
The union has not decided if it will endorse in the Democratic primary but will take its time considering because they’ve “got a lot of friends in the race,” President Lee Saunders said.