Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke, the Democratic candidate for governor in Texas, didn’t maintain again when a heckler laughed as he described the gun used to homicide 19 kids and two academics at an elementary college in Uvalde earlier this 12 months.
“It could be humorous to you, motherfucker, but it surely’s not humorous to me, OK?” O’Rourke fired again on the laugher, who was standing amongst a small group of supporters of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
See the complete trade from Wednesday night in Mineral Wells, about 50 miles west of Fort Value:
O’Rourke, who's polling 5 proportion factors behind Abbott, has lengthy made gun management a core subject.
Earlier this 12 months, O’Rourke interrupted a information convention held by Abbott after the Uvalde mass taking pictures to demand motion.
“You’re doing nothing. You’re all doing nothing,” O’Rourke informed Abbott and different officers gathered on a stage for the occasion.
O’Rourke was escorted out.
“That is on you,” he mentioned earlier than leaving. “Till you select to do one thing completely different, this may proceed to occur. Anyone wants to face up for the kids of this state or they'll proceed to be killed identical to they have been killed in Uvalde yesterday.”
After Wednesday’s occasion, O’Rourke tweeted:
O’Rourke’s f-bomb acquired fairly the response on Twitter:
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