'We need a bulldog in there.' Three Texan voters join Beto O'Rourke at his dinner table for a candid discussion about guns, racism, immigration and more. byronpitts hosts: Watch the full clip:
Just days after a mass shooting claimed the lives of 22 people in an El Paso, Texas, Walmart, former congressman and Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke invited ABC News and three Texan voters into his home for the network's premiere episode of"Around the Table," a series bringing together candidates and voters for a candid conversation around the dinner table.
Meanwhile 36-year-old Clarke, from Dallas, Texas, said she is currently"politically homeless," but couldn't see herself voting for President Donald Trump in 2020 after not identifying with either party in 2016. Another topic important to the dinner table was the belief that Trump's rhetoric had in some part given motivation to the attack on El Paso. When asked if he thought the president was a racist, O'Rourke responded with,"absolutely," as he listed various instances and policies that he felt portrayed Trump's racist actions. But he holds that it doesn't mean Trump's supporters are racists themselves.
O'Rourke said he would rather reform current immigration laws and create a family case management program" to keep families together and push immigrants seeking to enter the U.S. to pursue a"legal, safe, orderly process to come to this country."
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