2/8/2019

DEMS/RALLY/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Beto O’Rourke is set to counter President Donald Trump’s visit to El Paso, Texas, on Monday [2-11-19] by joining a one-mile march past Trump’s rally and giving a speech across the street at about the same time the President plans to take the stage. As the former congressman from Texas weighs a bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination — he told Oprah Winfrey this week that he’ll decide by the end of the month — he is participating in a protest against Trump’s push for a wall along the southern border. The march, organized by Women’s March El Paso, is being billed as a ‘March for Truth: Stop the Wall, Stop the Lies.’ Lyda Ness-Garcia, one of the organizers of the march, said the group met with O’Rourke and he agreed to speak at the rally, march with protesters — and possibly play with some of the bands. The march is set to begin near Bowie High School, pass the convention center holding Trump’s event and finish at Chalio Acosta Sports Center — a one-mile trip along the US-Mexico border. O’Rourke’s speech is set to begin at 9 p.m. ET — the same time Trump is scheduled to take the stage one street and less than a quarter of a mile away.”

Eric Bradner, “Beto O’Rourke to join march against wall countering Trump’s El Paso visit,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, February 8, 2019 10:12 pm