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Sat Oct 12, 2019, 08:17 PM Oct 2019

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

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