Article snippet: “Beto (phony name to indicate Hispanic heritage) O’Rourke, who is embarrassed by my last visit to the Great State of Texas, where I trounced him, and is now even more embarrassed by polling at 1% in the Democrat Primary, should respect the victims & law enforcement – & be quiet!” the president wrote on Twitter. Trump was referring to his enormous February rally in El Paso which O’Rourke tried to counter with a rally of his own prior to announcing his run for president. The president voiced his criticism of O’Rourke after the 2020 presidential candidate repeatedly claimed Trump’s rhetoric criticizing illegal immigrants inspired the mass shooting at an El Paso WarMart on Saturday by a white supremacist. Since the Saturday shooting, O’Rourke traveled back to his home in El Paso and began a campaign to smear Trump for inspiring the shooting. On Sunday morning, O’Rourke accused the president on CNN for having “given people permission” to conduct violent mass murder of other people and said that the president was a white nationalist. The presidential candidate also delivered a speech at a vigil for the slain victims of the shooting in El Paso describing Trump’s rhetoric as something from the “Third Reich.” Afterward, he grew angry when asked by reporters if Trump could properly address the crisis. “What do you think? You know the shit he’s been saying. He’s been calling Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals,” he replied. “I don’t know, like, members of the p... Link to the full article to read more