“It may be funny to you motherf-----, but it’s not funny to me,” Beto O’Rourke said after a supporter of Gov. Abbott appeared to laugh at a Uvalde massacre reference as O’Rourke was discussing his hopes to curb mass shootings.
“You could buy two, or more if you want to, AR-15s, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and take that weapon, that was originally designed for use on the battlefields in Vietnam to penetrate an enemy soldier's helmet at 500 feet and knock him down dead, up against kids at 5 feet,” O'Rourke said.
A snicker could be heard coming from behind O'Rourke and the candidate turned toward a corner of the room where supporters of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott had gathered.“It may be funny to you, motherf-----, but it’s not funny to me," O'Rourke said to wild cheers from his supporters. "We're going to make sure that our kids who are starting their school year right now, that they don't have to worry about someone walking in to their school with a weapon like this.""I want to hear a round of applause for these Abbott supporters who are here I'm glad that you all came," said O'Rourke as his his backers politely cheered."Thank you for coming out. That's not easy to do.
A Republican has occupied the governor's chair in Austin for more than a generation, as O'Rourke seeks to be the first Democrat to win Texas' top
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