What Went Down In The Third Democratic Debate

In his opening statement, O’Rourke went directly at Trump and his rhetoric as stoking the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. According to a recent Gallup poll, more people are blaming political rhetoric for mass shootings that they did several years ago.

Yes, Julia, isn’t this the inevitable by-product of direct primaries to choose nominees? The end of smoke-filled rooms where the meta-conversations used to happen …

O’Rourke set the tone for the segment on racism by saying “we have a white supremacist president in the White House.” I wonder how many other candidates will follow suit.