Beto O'Rourke

El candidato por la gobernación de Texas, Beto O'Rourke, hablaba del daño que las armas de asalto han causado y puso el ejemplo del tiroteo en Uvalde.

El encuentro del miércoles entre O'Rourke y sus seguidores es parte de una de las campañas más costosas en la historia de Texas, según un reporte del diario local Houston Chronicle. Ya dejó atrás los 125 millones de dólares que gastaron juntos el demócrata y el senador Ted Cruz en 2018. Desde Mineral Wells, O'Rourke les prometió el miércoles que, de ser elegido como gobernador de Texas, promoverá medidas "de sentido común" para el control de armas. “Puede que sea cómico para ti”, replicó O’Rourke al hombre , que era parte de una muchedumbre de seguidores del gobernador Greg Abbott, y le insultó llamándole “motherfucker”. “Pero para mí no lo es”, dijo. Desde el inicio de su campaña, el demócrata ha abanderado el tema del control de armas entre sus promesas. Mientras mencionaba que el 24 de mayo de 2022 fue usada "contra niños de cinco años", un opositor del candidato soltó una carcajada que resonó en la sala. El candidato demócrata a la gobernación de Texas, Beto O'Rourke, daba un discurso el miércoles condenando el fácil acceso de los texanos para comprar rifles de asalto.

Democratic candidate for Texas governor, Beto O'Rourke, dropped an 'F-Bomb' this week during a passionate rebuttal of a protester at one of his campaign ...

The Democratic gubernatorial candidate doubled down on his gun control platform against Abbott, who has adamantly downplayed the role of lax gun laws in the ...

Abbott’s campaign has insisted that their upcoming showdown would be “the one and only gubernatorial debate of the 2022 election.” O’Rourke’s camp responded that “one debate in one community for the entire state of Texas is not nearly enough,” saying they want Abbott to “participate in three town hall-style debates in every region of the state during weeknights this fall where they can take questions directly from their fellow Texans.” This was totally predictable when you choose not to do anything.” In response, Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin mid-event called O'Rourke “a sick son of a bitch” for turning the scene into a “political issue," and Sen. Ted Cruz instructed the outspoken Democrat to “sit down and don’t play this stunt." O’Rourke finished his thought before turning to the heckler to say, “It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.” His response—which he affirmed in a subsequent tweet—prompted a roar of applause, cementing a viral moment in his campaign.

On Wednesday, during a 49-day campaign tour of Texas, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke snapped at an event attendee who laughed as he was ...

He plans to continue to holding 70 public events in more than 65 counties in the lead up to November's election. He later tweeted: “Nothing more serious to me than getting justice for the families in Uvalde and stopping this from ever happening again.” During his stop at the Crazy Water Hotel in Mineral Wells, O’Rourke mentioned the shooting that killed 19 kids and two teachers in May -- when an apparent heckler who was holding a Gov. Greg Abbott campaign sign began to laugh before O’Rourke could finish his point criticizing the availability of assault-style weapons.

The Democratic gubernatorial candidate was speaking to a crowd in North Texas about the mass shooting in Uvalde, where a gunman killed 19 children and two ...

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Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke has yet again made national headlines, this time for rebuking a heckler who laughed during a speech on the ...

Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke called one campaign rally attendee a "motherf--" Thursday after the individual laughed during a discussion about ...

"It's harmful to our politics because it becomes more difficult to conduct politics and find that middle ground on issues." Jillson said jaw-dropping language in public can be counterproductive because it leaves the audience and members of the media flabbergasted. "[O'Rourke] may have skated right up to it and past it." O'Rourke's opponents will likely seize the moment to attack his credibility. "You hear people being called fascists, communists, groomers and pedophiles in ways you didn't hear decades ago, and now you hear people more emboldened to capture the audiences the attention," he said. O'Rourke quickly spun around and pointed at the heckler and said, "It may be funny to you, motherf*****, but it's not funny to me, OK."

Democrat Beto O'Rourke responded to a heckler at a campaign stop with an expletive after the Texas gubernatorial candidate heard a cackled laugh while ...

He has sought to give a more moderated message on firearms during his run for governor in gun-friendly Texas. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in the May massacre. When a person in the crowd laughed, O’Rourke paused and pointed in their direction.

Beto O'Rourke is looking to make inroads with voters in rural pockets of the state, hoping angst over guns, abortion will propel him to victory.

In a risky maneuver that earned him both praise and denunciations, O’Rourke charged the stage, pointing to Abbott and yelling: “This is on you.” “I’m getting old and grumpy, so I like to hear him say negative things about the governor,” said Baker, 73. Smith joined his wife Anna and two of his children at O’Rourke’s town hall in Marlin, hoping to hear something from the gubernatorial hopeful that would sway his vote one way or the other. “The thing with Abbott is that he’s gone way right now,” Vasquez said. “I don’t like Abbott,” Smith said, explaining that his son is gay and he has been angered by positions the governor has taken on LGBTQ rights, specifically his call for state officials to investigate parents who provide gender-affirming medical care to their transgender adolescents. “I agree with a lot of the red flag laws, but saying that I, as a law abiding citizen, shouldn’t be able to have any guns or weapons? In Rockdale, one of the protesters made her way inside and asked O’Rourke a question during his event: “Are you coming for our guns? “The only hope I have of delivering for Rockdale once we win this election is to make sure I’ve heard from the people of Rockdale, understand your expectations and know what the challenges and opportunities are,” O’Rourke said to the crowd at the Kay Theater. “That means it is OK if you’re here and you do not support me and you’re not going to vote for me. “There’s only one chief executive of the state, and he owns everything that has gone wrong in Texas, and we’re going to make sure every voter knows that by Election Day.” Abbott and his campaign team maintain that O’Rourke’s vision does not reflect the values of the majority of Texans, particularly when it comes to guns. He’s on a 49-day drive, covering multiple cities a day, on a campaign swing that recently brought him to a collection of towns around Central Texas, including Bastrop, Brenham, Rockdale, Madisonville, Marlin and Waco. But it always touches on abortion access, the state’s power grid and improving wages for teachers, among other issues.