Texas Newspaper to Rep. Beto: ‘Drop out of the Race for President and Come Back’

Democratic presidential hopeful former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) speaks during the AARP and The Des Moines Register Iowa Presidential Candidate Forum on July 19, 2019 in Sioux City, Iowa. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

A leading newspaper in Texas has urged Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) in an editorial piece to drop out of the presidential race and to return to Texas and run for senator.

“Our thinking this week, amid all the carnage and grief and finger-pointing, has been in part on Beto O’Rourke, the presidential candidate from El Paso, where 22 people were killed last Saturday,” said the editorial in Houston Chronicle on Aug. 10.