Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke gave a speech in El Paso, Texas Thursday, looking to revive his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, in the wake of a mass shooting in the city that resulted in the deaths of 22 people. 'We must take the fight directly to the source of
Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke gave a speech in El Paso, Texas Thursday, looking to revive his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, in the wake of a mass shooting in the city that resulted in the deaths of 22 people.
It's a more unconventional campaign approach to focus less on early primary states, like Iowa and New Hampshire, and more on areas with large immigrant populations. But O'Rourke said he wanted to be there for them, explaining,"Anyone that this president puts down, we're going to do our best to lift up."
With this reboot, he will be calling out the"injustices" of the Trump administration, The New York Times reported Thursday morning and his campaign confirmed to ABC News. Gun control will be at the heart of his campaign. "To this point, we have a Congress too craven to act, a democracy not up to the task, that favors those who can pay for access," he said, adding there's a"complicity and silence of those who are in a position of public trust."
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