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O’Rourke blames ‘hateful rhetoric’ for anti-immigrant violence during gubernatorial debate with Abbott

Published Monday, October 3, 2022
from the Rio Grande Valley

From the article:

Days after a former warden was arrested in connection with a migrant’s murder in Hudspeth County, West Texas, Beto O’Rourke on Friday blamed “hateful rhetoric” for an increase in violence in the state.

During the only gubernatorial debate slated before the election, the candidate associated political speech with violence against migrants and far-right incidents of mass violence.

Read the full article on Texas Public Radio here:

O’Rourke blames ‘hateful rhetoric’ for anti-immigrant violence during gubernatorial debate with Abbott

On Twitter:

“Hateful rhetoric, treating human beings as political pawns, talking about invasions and Texans defending themselves–that's how people get killed.”–O'Rourke on anti-immigrant rhetoric at the debate in the Rio Grande Valley on Friday. More via @TPRNews: https://t.co/IRRmxTyVdY
— Pablo De La Rosa (@pblodlr) October 3, 2022

Pablo De La Rosa is a freelance journalist in the Rio Grande Valley reporting statewide and nationally, including with Texas Public Radio and NPR. You can follow him on Twitter.