Vow to ban assault weapons gives O'Rourke debate breakout
WASHINGTON (AP) ” For a few moments anyway, there was a sense of what people once called “Beto-mania.”Former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke delivered a debate performance on Thursday in Houston that at times reminded a national audience why he became a Democratic star last year ” even as he lost a Senate race.Asked about a mandatory federal buyback of assault weapons that he has endorsed since a gunman opened fire at a Walmart in his native El Paso, killing 22 people, O’Rourke […]