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Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke. Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke became emotional as he told a news conference he's paused campaigning to return to his hometown of El Paso, Texas, following a shooting there, which killed at least 20 Walmart shoppers.
Details: "I’m incredibly saddened and it is very hard to think about this," the former Texas congressman said during a campaign stop in Nevada. "I’m going back there right now to be with my family and to be with my hometown." He later said there'd been a rise in hate crimes during President Trump's administration. He noted Trump has called Mexicans rapists and criminals.
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- El Paso shooting: 2020 hopefuls back gun control, blame NRA and Trump
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- The deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history
This article has been updated with O'Rourke's comments on Trump.