Beto O'Rourke says El Paso shooting was a 'consequence' of Trump

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former Rep. Beto Rourke said Sunday that the mass shooting in his home town of El Paso was a "consequence and cost" of President Donald Trump.

“It wasn't until that moment that I truly understood how critical this moment is and the real consequence and cost of Donald Trump,” O’Rourke said on NBC's “Meet the Press“ on Sunday.

“There is a concerted, organized attack against immigrants, against people of color, against those who do not look like or pray like or love like the majority in this country,” O’Rourke added, also referencing the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Mississippi that ensnared nearly 700 undocumented workers. “And this moment will define us one way or another. And if we do not wake up to it, I am convinced that we'll lose America, this country, in our sleep. And we cannot allow that to happen.“

Although the El Paso gunman said he was not influenced by Trump, his writings reflect the president’s claims of a so-called “invasion” of the United States.

O’Rourke echoed the call by many Democrats to ban assault-style weapons, including the semiautomatic version of an AK-47 used in the El Paso shooting. O’Rourke called it a “weapon of war … that no American should own, unless they are on a battlefield, engaged with the enemy.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/beto-orourke-says-el-paso-shooting-was-a-consequence-of-trump/ar-AAFYE4r?li=BBnb7Kz

[bluewater]

1. K&R

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Beto makes the connection explicitly to Trump

and that is important. People must be reminded of this every week, and it is difficult for a nominee to do that because there are a lot of things to address in a campaign. In that sense, Beto is as useful on the ticket as off the ticket.

[Dorn]

5. Beto's comments are (to me) totally non-controversial

On the other hand, I agree that there is lot to address in the campaign and to bet DR we need a challenger who was not obsessed with demonizing him.

[littlemissmartypants]

9. What does the "DR" represent? nt

[polichick]

3. The ugly truth.

[Purposely “undecided” until primary season.]

[Vegas Roller]

4. Beto is correct. nt

[cwydro]

6. Sadly, these shootings have been happening long before the ugly shitgibbon.

If Beto wants to capitalize off the Apricot’s blunders, there are many many more.

I realize this shooting happened in his hometown and suddenly got his interest. Where was he with Sandy Hook? New Town?

[essadaw]

11. Beto has always been a huge proponent of gun control

when Republicans blocked C-SPAN from airing the Democratic sit in as they tried to force a vote on gun legislation, Beto and Scott peters used social media to live stream the sit in. A couple days before the El Paso tragedy, Giffords and March for Our Lives sent out an invitation to attend their presidential forum on gun safety-- and Beto was the first candidate to accept and this was before the tragedy. At his events, in ruby red counties in Texas, he always spoke out forcefully for gun control. This is not a new issue for him

[Stuart G]

7. This is terrific ..Beto and Pete are making it clear that Trump's racism caused the El Paso killings

[NYMinute]

8. Absolutely, positively YES

Trump has emboldened the violent racists and xenophobes and has winked and nodded at their atrocities.

Go Beto!!

[dchill]

10. I say it, too.

Prima facie.

[oasis]

12. Beto's damn right!