Former Obama housing chief Castro enters 2020 campaign

SAN ANTONIO — Assailing President Donald Trump for “a crisis of leadership ,” former Obama Cabinet member Julian Castro joined the 2020 presidential race Saturday as a rush of Democrats accelerates.

Castro, 44, could end up being the only Latino in a crowded Democratic field. He was San Antonio’s mayor for five year and U.S. housing secretary in President Barack Oba- ma’s second term. He became the second Democrat to formally enter the race, after former Maryland Rep. John Delaney.

Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., have formed exploratory committees. Casto’s first trip as a candidate comes Monday to Puerto Rico, where an outcry has begun as the White House considers diverting disaster funding to pay for a border wall.