Beto O’Rourke on Friday sought to energize Democrats and appeal to Republicans for his marquee race to unseat incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
for his marquee race to unseat incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
Abbott’s campaign team, in Dallas this week to counter the themes at the Democratic convention, dismissed O’Rourke’s speech as part of “Beto’s reinvention convention.” During his keynote speech O’Rourke blasted Abbott for not fortifying the state’s power grid, conducting a campaign against transgender children, driving inflation with stunts at the border and doing nothing to stop mass shootings, such as the one that occurred in Uvalde.
“They want to secede from the union. They won’t recognize the results of the last presidential election,” O’Rourke said of Abbott and the Texas Republican Party before his speech. “They call homosexuality a quote ‘abnormal behavior.’ Here in this convention we’re focused on jobs and economic growth, reducing inflation, supporting public school educators and expanding Medicaid, so everyone can see a doctor and be healthy enough and well enough to live to their full potential.
“He’s articulate. He’s brave,” said Terry Zimmerman, a delegate and retired minister from McKinney. “His values seem to be consistent with the values of most people I know.”
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