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Texas state representative tweets at Beto O'Rourke: My AR-15 is "ready for you"
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Sep 13, 2019 10:31am |
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| Author | Caroline Linton |
| News Date | Friday, September 13, 2019 08:40:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A Texas state representative's tweet to Beto O'Rourke that his AR-15 "is ready for you" has been removed by Twitter, which said it broke the site's rules "when it came to threats and violence." Briscoe Cain, who represents a district west of Houston, directed the tweet at O'Rourke during the third Democratic presidential debate in Houston.
O'Rourke has endorsed a mandatory buyback plan for assault weapons, and gave an impassioned defense of the idea on Thursday.
Cain's tweet went viral, with thousands of replies. When one person asked "Did you, uh, just threaten to shoot a former member of Congress and current candidate for president?" Cain responded "You're an idiot." |
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