'22 people in my hometown are dead after an act of terror inspired by your racism,' 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke said in a message aimed at President Donald Trump.
In the days since Saturday's deadly massacre in El Paso, which saw 22 people killed, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke has not shied away from naming the person he holds responsible for helping fuel the hatred and racism that appears to have driven the attack: President Donald Trump.
However, the former Texas representative, who grew up in El Paso, has been one of the president's most vocal critics in the wake of the shooting, which is being investigated as a domestic terrorism case. The president further accused O'Rourke of having a"phony name," which he suggested was to imply that the politician had"Hispanic heritage."
In addition to taking a jab at O'Rourke's name, Trump also claimed the Texas politician was"embarrassed by my last visit to the Great State of Texas, where I trounced him, and is now even more embarrassed by polling at 1% in the Democratic Primary."
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