Brian Niemietz -
A Beto O’Rourke rally in Texas took an R-rated turn Wednesday night when a heckler chuckled about gun violence.
O’Rourke, who’s challenging incumbent Greg Abbott in the Lone Star’s gubernatorial race, covered a wide range of topics during his address to supporters and critics at Mineral Well Town Hall near Fort Worth. When he spoke about Texans being able to purchase unlimited ammunition and AR-15 rifle, “originally designed for use on the battlefields in Vietnam” at least one person in the back of the room let loose with a dismissive chuckle.
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“It may be funny to you, motherf---er, but it’s not funny to me, OK?” the Democratic candidate fired back.
The crowd erupted with a standing ovation for the 49-year-old El Paso native.
“We’re going to make sure that our kids who are starting their school year right now, that they don’t have to worry,” O’Rourke said.
O’Rourke tweeted after rally that the May 24 mass shooting that killed 19 students and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, would not be forgotten if he’s elected.
“Nothing more serious to me than getting justice for the families in Uvalde and stopping this from ever happening again,” he wrote.
Several antagonists at the rally were being addressed by police after the disruption. according to video posted by the BetoMedia fan site. That site claimed multiple antagonists laughed at O’Rourke’s description of the kinds of weapons frequently used in mass shootings in the U.S.
O’Rourke and Abbott are set to debate on Sept. 30, the Texas Tribune reports. O’ Rourke, who narrowly lost a Senate rate against Ted Cruz in 2018, is reportedly pushing Abbott to agree to a second debate.
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Abbott currently finds himself at odds with New York Mayor Adams, who had choice words for the Texas governor on Wednesday after several busloads of migrants shipped out of the Lone Star State arrived in New York City.
“He is an anti-American governor that is really going against everything we stand for,” Adams said.
Abbott accused Adams of “rank hypocrisy” during a Wednesday visit to Fox News, where he argued that Adams is now getting a taste of what his border state deals with on a regular basis.
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