The latest poll, which surveyed 17,000 registered Democratic voters over the last week, found O'Rourke's chances at the presidency stagnant and weak.
in the wake of the tragedy and emphasized that he made surprise trips to memorials and delivered fervent speeches without teleprompters.
Yet the latest poll, which surveyed 17,000 registered Democratic voters over the last week, found O'Rourke's chances at the presidency stagnant and weak. The Texan had just three percent of the national vote share and was in a three-way tie for 9th place with New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang.
on Friday when asked if he would consider a Senate bid instead."This community holds so much for the rest of the country. Whether it's immigration, whether it's our safety, whether it's our connection to the rest of the world, whether it's the fact that we're on the frontline of so many issues that can and will define America."
He suggested that experiencing this shooting in his hometown, where the killer specifically targeted Hispanic people, made him uniquely fit to take on President Donald Trump."At a time that the president is attacking this community, this part of the world, the U.S.-Mexico border, cities of immigrants, that's where I am," O'Rourke said."That's where I live. That's where we're raising our family.
His campaign has tried to"relaunch" multiple times, hoping to gain momentum and garner energy with some of the viral moments that made O'Rourke a nationally-known figure when he ran against Senator Ted Cruz in the 2018 midterm elections, but has so far failed to capture that energy and translate it into climbing poll numbers or fundraising.
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