Trump goes after El Paso native Beto O’Rourke in a bizarre tweet
President Donald Trump speaks to the media at the White House prior to his departure to El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, where recent shootings in those cities occurredOn the eve of his visit to memorials in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, and hours before he would declare his rhetoric “
,” President Trump went on Twitter to attack Democratic candidate and El Paso-area native Beto O’Rourke.the candidate says has helped inspire the type of violence that killed nearly two dozen people in Texas on Saturday.the Democrat changed his first name to ingratiate himself with Hispanic voters and by noting his low polling numbers in the Democratic primary.
Beto O’Rourke, who is 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 Democrat Primary, should respect the victims & law enforcement – & be quiet!O’Rourke responded on Twitter by pointing out how close the tragedy hits home for him personally and the president’s racism, writing, “2 people in my hometown are dead after an act of terror inspired by your racism.
22 people in my hometown are dead after an act of terror inspired by your racism. El Paso will not be quiet and neither will I.
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