WASHINGTON - Beto O’Rourke is planning a counter-rally as President Donald Trump addresses supporters in Dallas next week — recalling the dueling events held on the Texas-Mexico border eight months ago that helped launch the former congressman’s White House bid. Trump says he’ll highlight the strength of the Texas economy, which his campaign says has added nearly 775,000 jobs since he took office in 2017. The Republican president flew to O’Rourke’s hometown of El Paso in February for a rally at a packed arena in support of expanding the U.S.-Mexico border wall. As he spoke, O’Rourke headlined an event that drew thousands protesting the Trump administration’s immigration policy at a nearby baseball diamond. As Trump was preparing to visit El Paso after that massacre, he recalled the dueling February rallies, tweeting that he’d “trounced” O’Rourke during them.

Source: thestar October 10, 2019 00:00 UTC