Beto O'Rourke launches 'this is f*cked up' T-shirts after Texas shooting
Beto O'Rourke's presidential campaign is selling T-shirts that read "This is f*cked up" in the wake of Saturday's mass shooting in West Texas.
The launch comes after O'Rourke made the same comment during a campaign event in Virginia on Saturday, just after he learned about the attack in his home state.
After a predictable wave of right-wing handwringing calling his swearing "profane," he defended his choice of words to MSNBC's Joy Reid on Sunday: "What is profane is 40,000 gun violence deaths in this country [per year]," he said. "So let's speak clearly and bluntly, and take decisive action."
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He went on to advocate for universal background checks, red flag laws, and mandatory buybacks for assault weapons.
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According to O'Rourke's campaign website, 100 percent of profits from the T-shirts will be "split equally" between gun violence prevention groups Moms Demand and March For Our Lives.
Seven people were killed and 22 were injured in Saturday's attack. Among the wounded is a 17-month-old child, who was shot in the face.
Topics Gun Control Politics
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