Beto Kick off rally today 11:30 central time

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15. NYT write-up:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/us/politics/beto-rally.html

With thousands of supporters expected to attend Saturday’s rally in El Paso, some had already headed to the site Friday night to scout the location, looking for the best position to view the speech.

“We want to be close,” said Bertha Bourgeois, 72, of El Paso, an O’Rourke booster who was watching workers assemble a media platform for his speech. “I like his views. I like how he thinks.” Volunteers wearing black-and-white BETO T-shirts began arriving at 7 a.m. Saturday in anticipation of Mr. O’Rourke’s appearance at 10 a.m. local time.

... The rally area was partly hemmed in by a construction site. As the crowd built, several supporters of Mr. O’Rourke said they were intimidated by a gantlet of pro-Trump protesters blocking their way.

“They were just very confrontational and yelling scary stuff at us,” said Thelma Ramos, 38, of El Paso. Ms. Ramos said her 13-year-old daughter, Maya, was in tears as they walked past the Trump supporters, who were yelling, “Beto’s lying to you,” and “Build the wall.” Others carried signs saying that Mr. O’Rourke supported abortion both “before and after” birth.