Willie Nelson will hold a concert for Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. O’Rourke said the Nelson event won’t try to appeal to swing voters, either. The “concert isn’t a Democratic event, or a Republican event or an independent event,” O’Rourke spokesman Chris Evans said. His strategy also breaks from those of Texas Democrats who have tried to run as moderates only to fail miserably. Some detractors have posted online comments chiding Nelson for backing a “socialist” and calling for boycotts, but Nelson has shrugged those off.

Source: Washington Post September 29, 2018 15:09 UTC