Jake Tapper: “Do you think President Trump is a white nationalist?”
Beto O’Rourke: “Yes, I do.” #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/R86FAk5gnb— State of the Union (@CNNSotu) August 4, 2019
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As authorities investigate a mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart that left 20 people dead and more than two dozen others injured Saturday, police say the 21-year-old North Texas man arrested may have written a manifesto revealing that the crime was racially motivated.
Many officials, including Beto O’Rourke – the former El Paso congressman and current Democratic candidate for president – have cited President Donald Trump’s divisive rhetoric for inspiring such acts.
“President Trump had a lot to do with what happened in El Paso yesterday,” @BetoORourke on @FaceTheNation. #ElPasoShooting #ElPaso
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) August 4, 2019
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Asked on CNN’s “State of the Union” program Sunday morning whether Trump is a “white nationalist,” O’Rourke told host Jake Tapper, “The things that he has said both as a candidate and then as the President of the United States this cannot be open for debate.”
Watch the full clip above.
Source: Texas Tribune Blue Left News
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