President Trump ridiculed former Rep. Beto O’Rourke and bragged about the crowd size at one of his rallies while visiting medical staff who treated victims of the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, over the weekend
President Donald Trump on Wednesday ridiculed former Rep. Beto O’Rourke and bragged about the crowd size at one of his rallies while visiting medical staff who treated victims of the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, over the weekend.
“It’s an honor to be with you. Look at this group of people, can you believe this? I was here three months ago, we made a speech,” Trump said. “And we had a — what was the name of the arena? That place was packed, right?”O’Rourke, a Texas Democrat who until earlier this year represented the vast majority of El Paso in Congress, held a
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. “That was some crowd, and we had twice the number outside,” Trump replied. “And then you had this crazy Beto. Beto had, like, 400 people in a parking lot. They said, ‘His crowd was wonderful.’”
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