Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas has made his position on assault weapons crystal clear. “Hell, yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47,” O’Rourke said during this past week’s Democratic presidential debate. “We’re not going to allow it to be used against our fellow Americans anymore.” To accomplish this, O’Rourke has proposed a
Continue Reading A Republican Texas state representative on Friday defended himself against criticism for tweeting that he had an assault weapon ready for Democratic president candidate Beto O’Rourke. The tweet by state Rep. Briscoe Cain came after O’Rourke pledged Thursday night during the Democratic debate that “hell yes, we’re gonna take your AR-15, your AK-47” when asked
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Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke on Friday defended his support for a mandatory gun buyback program of assault-style weapons, saying he believes it’s an issue that resonates with voters, including some conservatives. During the presidential debate Thursday night, O’Rourke said that, if elected president, he would issue a mandatory buyback program for assault-style rifles, saying,
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During a night of tense exchanges on the Democratic debate stage in Houston, four candidates made a point of offering kind words to rival Beto O’Rourke for his handling of the mass shooting last month at the Cielo Vista Walmart store in his hometown of El Paso. The former Texas congressman raced home from the
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Progressive Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders shared the debate stage for the first time with establishment favorite Joe Biden Thursday night in a prime-time showdown that displayed sharply opposing notions of electability in the party’s presidential nomination fight. Below is a look back at how the night unfolded, all times are ET. (You can
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The third Democratic debate, hosted on Thursday evening by ABC News, featured a single night of debate between the top 10 highest polling candidates — the smallest roster yet in the third matchup of Democratic National Committee-sanctioned primary debates, with a field that still counts 20. (WATCH a debate replay in the video player below.)
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Beto O’Rourke was back at Keene State College, but the large crowd that flocked to see him six months ago was not. Far removed from the whirlwind opening days of his presidential campaign, the former Texas congressman faced a far smaller, quieter gathering. An attempted “Beto! Beto!” chant fizzled and when an elderly voter declared
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A gain for Elizabeth Warren and a slip in support for Kamala Harris place Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Warren atop the field in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, days in advance of the Sept. 12 Democratic debate in Houston, sponsored by ABC that will air live on ABC-7 and be streamed here on
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President Donald Trump will be holding a rally in the Land of Enchantment later this month as his re-election campaign hopes to flip the traditionally Democratic state. The President’s rally will be on Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, a suburb of Albuquerque. Trump is likely to
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Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke says a mandatory government buyback program for AK-47 and AR-15 rifles is needed because other gun control measures don’t do enough to remove weapons already on the streets. O’Rourke spoke at Tufts University in his first campaign stop in Massachusetts. He said that while universal background checks and red flag
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Minutes after media outlets identified the gunman who killed seven people in west Texas, a Twitter account that may be automated began spreading baseless information linking the shooter to Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke. “The Odessa Shooter’s name is Seth Ator, a Democrat Socialist who had a Beto sticker on his truck,” said the post,
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