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Related: About this forumWATCH LIVE: Beto O'Rourke rally in El Paso, Texas
CHARLIE AMTER
11 FEB 2019 AT 18:37 ET
Beto ORourke is not about to let Donald Trump step into his backyard without a fact-check. The native Texan and El Paso resident will hold a rally this evening to run concurrent with Trumps rally, just a short distance away.
The President, using the same racist, inflammatory rhetoric of years past, seeks to build a wall, to take kids from their parents, to deploy the United States Army on American soil, to continue mass deportations and to end the protection for Dreamers, ORourke said via a Medium post in advance of Trumps visit. In other words, he seeks in one administration to repeat all the mistakes of the last half-century. And with past as prologue, we know exactly how that will end.
Monday we will welcome the president to one of the safest cities in the United States, ORourke wrote. Safe not because of walls, and not in spite of the fact that we are a city of immigrants. Safe because we are a city of immigrants and because we treat each other with dignity and respect.
The ending rally featuring ORourke is actually the culmination of a march in El Paso, which is described further in a Facebook event post as: A brief rally featuring area leaders and community voices including Congresswoman Veronica Escobar will begin at 5:30 p.m.; followed by a peaceful march and culminating in a celebration of community at Chalio Acosta Park on Shelter Place where Beto ORourke will address the community.
More:
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/watch-live-beto-orourke-rally-el-paso-texas/?utm_source=push_notifications
hlthe2b
(102,343 posts)BRW, Trump is supposedly starting his rally at 7 PM MT.
Judi Lynn
(160,598 posts)eto ORourke is not shying away from the spotlight as President Donald Trump prepares to hold a rally in the El Paso hometown of the former congressman and potential presidential candidate.
On Monday evening, ORourke will lead a march through the city and then speak at a Celebration of El Paso event at 7 p.m. local time across the street from Trumps rally and at the same time it is set to begin, according to ORourkes team. The events, which will feature music and other speakers, are intended to highlight El Pasos strength as a binational community and push back against Trumps long-sought border wall.
The rally comes as ORourke nears a decision on whether to join the Democratic race to challenge Trump in 2020 following a closer-than-expected loss to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in November. On Tuesday, ORourke promised a 2020 decision by the end of the month.
Earlier Monday, ORourke will join his successor in Congress, Rep. Veronica Escobar, for a conference call to denounce Trumps campaign rally in El Paso and his fixation on a racist and useless border wall, organizers said. And on Friday evening, ORourke returned to his favorite blogging platform Medium to offer a prebuttal to Trumps trip.
More:
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/beto-orourke-march-speak-border-wall-trump-rally-el-paso/
El Paso, Texas is situated within the Mountain Standard Time:
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/usa/el-paso
hlthe2b
(102,343 posts)old guy
(3,283 posts)How will this conflict with the 5 million people at tRumps rally?