Reports of multiple deaths and injuries from a shooting in El Paso, Texas, were still unfolding as 19 presidential candidates began taking turns speaking at a labor forum in Las Vegas
The 2017 mass shooting that killed 58 people at a concert in Las Vegas had unfolded not far from where the labor forum was underway. It was less than a week ago that a gunman killed three people at a food festival in California, as Sen. Kamala Harris reminded the crowd.
He said, "Any illusion that progress is inevitable or that the change that we need is going to come of its own accord, shatter in moments like these and that it's upon every single one of us. There is no luxury in this democracy of sitting this one out.” When O'Rourke eventually came out to address reporters, he said he had spoken with El Paso’s mayor, the El Paso County sheriff and with the congresswoman who succeeded him, Veronica Escobar.
O’Rourke, more than most candidates, has grounded his political profile in his home town. He has used El Paso as an example for its relatively low crime rate and, situated on the border with Juarez, Mexico, its multiculturalism. By Saturday afternoon, hours after the shooting, he was tweeting the addresses of a family reunification center and a location to donate blood. The top of his website was overhauled to include the same information.
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