O'Rourke concedes TX race, drops F-bomb on live TV
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(7 Nov 2018) Rep. Beto O'Rourke didn't go quietly to defeat. Thanking his campaign supporters for their spirited challenge to Sen. Ted Cruz, he said on live television Tuesday: "All of you, showing the country how you do this. I'm so f---ing proud of you guys." The Texas Democrat has been known to drop f-bombs in public throughout the fierce campaign. But this time, he was broadcasting on the US cable network MSNBC, prompting anchor Brian Williams to apologize as the network cut away from the speech. Cruz held off the Democratic rising star to win re-election. O'Rourke attracted a national following, shattered fundraising records and picked up several celebrity endorsements, including Beyonce posting pictures of herself Tuesday on Instagram wearing a Beto baseball cap. O'Rourke also spoke about his hometown, El Paso, Texas saying it could offer its expertise to the nation "as one-half of the largest bi-national community anywhere in the Americas, joined with Ciudad Juarez to form something powerful, magical and nothing to be afraid of or walled off or apologize for." Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/027422a65a593b111279846965cce9e8
