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Beto O'Rourke to call out Trump's 'racism and bigotry' at Alabama campaign stop
Former Congressman and Texas Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke is making his first visit to Alabama as a presidential candidate next week, his campaign said Friday.
O’Rourke is set to give the keynote speech at the Alabama Democratic Conference’s semi-annual convention at the at the Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover on Oct. 19. The ADC is the state’s predominant African-American Democratic organization.
The speech will “call out [President] Trump’s racism and white supremacy,” the O’Rourke campaign said. The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate contended there is a correlation between the rise in hate crimes since 2015, which marks the year Trump launched his presidential campaign.
O’Rourke gained a nationwide following when he challenged Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018. After his defeat, O’Rourke mounted a campaign for president.
Read more: https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2019/10/beto-orourke-to-call-out-trumps-racism-and-bigotry-at-alabama-campaign-stop.html