O'Rourke hits Buttigieg over not supporting mandatory gun buybacks: 'It's time to lead'
O'Rourke hits Buttigieg over not supporting mandatory gun buybacks: 'It's time to lead'
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, a former Texas congressman, is criticizing his fellow 2020 primary candidate Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., over his hesitancy to back a mandatory buyback program of assault rifles.
“I heard some of the comments made today on this stage,” O’Rourke said Wednesday at a March For Our Lives forum in Las Vegas. “Those who are worried about the polls and want to triangulate — I’m thinking about Mayor Pete on this one.”
O’Rourke said Buttigeig and other Democrats reluctant to back a mandatory buyback program “maybe want to get to the right place” but are afraid.
“For those who need a weatherman, mandatory buybacks are supported by the majority of Americans,” he said.
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