Democrat 2020 Candidate Beto O’Rourke Wrote Story About Killing 38 People

Former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke speaks to local residents during a stop at the Central Park Coffee Company in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, on March 15, 2019. Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo

Democratic Presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke wrote a short story as a teen about killing 38 people and described the murders as “acts of love.”

An excerpt of the story first surfaced in a profile of O'Rourke published by Reuters on March 15. An archive of the entire killing-spree-story has since been unearthed online.