O’Rourke said Abbott is out of touch with what border communities want. 19 ad says under O’Rourke’s leadership, Texas would be “overrun by illegal immigrants” because of O’Rourke’s statement during his presidential campaign that he would tear down the wall. Immigration is expected to be a central part of the race as Abbott has made building a state-funded border wall a key part of his campaign, something O’Rourke also calls “extremist.”Ībbott’s Oct. Abbott’s ban on mask mandates in schools is another example of the governor’s “extreme policies,” O’Rourke said. O’Rourke said he’ll focus on issues that he said Texans of all political stripes will coalesce around, including quality public education, Medicaid expansion and job creation.Ībbott’s “incompetent response” to the coronavirus pandemic is something O’Rourke will try to drive home in his effort to portray Abbott as a danger to Texans. I’m showing up and I’m listening and I’m learning and I’m going to do everything I can to bring you in and make sure that you are part of the solution.” “You can’t be too small town, too big city, too red, too blue for me. And the only way you can do that is by going everywhere,” he said. “I feel very very strongly that the only way to win, the only way to serve, is to bring everybody in. Senate bid: campaigning in all 254 counties. O’Rourke said he will repeat a hallmark of his U.S. That campaign catapulted him from being a relatively unknown three-term El Paso congressman and former city representative, to a national political celebrity. Ted Cruz in 2018, the closest margin for a Democrat in a statewide Texas race in decades. His candidacy marks his second bid for a statewide office he came within 3 percentage points of ousting Republican U.S.
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Beto O’Rourke and his oldest son Ulysses, left, walk along Delta Drive on Oct. The campaign headquarters are still being decided, campaign spokesperson Abhi Rahman said. His three children range from 11 to 14 years old. He said he waited to announce until his family was ready and his campaign team assembled. There’s common ground among most Texans, he said, on “policies that protect the right to bear arms, to have a firearm and use that firearm responsibility, but also protect the lives of our fellow Texans.”Ībbott tweeted within minutes of O’Rourke’s announcement, outlining themes he’ll continue to press as the campaign unfolds.īring it.- Greg Abbott NovemA second bid for statewide officeįor months, O’Rourke, 49, dodged questions about whether he would challenge Abbott.
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He cast himself as someone who understands the state’s gun culture, sharing an anecdote about growing up in a home with guns - “guns for self-protection, guns for hunting.” He said he learned how to handle a weapon from his great uncle Raymond O’Rourke, a sheriff’s deputy who was captain of the El Paso County Jail. He also expressed support for additional firearms restrictions, including universal background checks for gun purchases, extreme risk protection orders and the end of permitless carry.
If elected, O’Rourke said he would still push for a state ban on military-style semiautomatic weapons. The alleged gunman is a white man who authorities say drove from the Dallas-area to ward off an “invasion” of Hispanics. 3, 2019, in the deadliest attack on Latinos in modern U.S. That comment, made during a presidential debate in Houston, came weeks after 23 people were killed at an El Paso Walmart on Aug. 19 attack ad labeling O’Rourke “Wrong Way O’Rourke.” The ad features O’Rourke’s memorable comment from his short-lived 2020 presidential campaign - “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47” - and warns that O’Rourke will “confiscate your guns.” The governor’s reelection campaign released an Oct. Even before O’Rourke’s official announcement, Abbott was already taking aim at the Democrat’s views on gun control.
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