Cedar Rapids, Iowa (CNN) Beto O'Rourke said Friday night that he had been wrong for joking at several events in his first two days campaigning in Iowa that his wife has been raising their three children "sometimes with my help." in Cedar Rapids. The comments triggered complaints from Democratic operatives and activists, many of them women, that female candidates could never similarly joke about their roles raising their children. He pointed to his ability to walk away from two arrests as a young man without serious consequences as a example. I hope as I have been in some instances part of the problem, I can also be part of the solution," he said.

Source: CNN March 16, 2019 01:51 UTC