For the kindness with which you have received us, not just those who work on our campaign, not just supporters of ours but literally every person that i met in the halls today, regardless of the candidate you support, you had a kind word to say to me and to amy, a spot on your face, a word of encouragement. Site is what you do know that im grateful to everyone in every community of this state. Every town hall that weve had come youve made us feel at home. You made us feel welcome. He made us feel like were doing the right thing in the right place. You take your responsibility as the first primary state so seriously. And ive met those of you who have told me that you met me five or six times, and by the tenth time you will make up your mind one way or the other. [laughing] and im grateful for that. I dont want to say a special word for our campaign, for our supporters, or our volunteers for organizing and knocking on doors, for those crazy mothers who were here at 2 30 a. M. In the wind
[silence] [silence] [silence] good morning. Windows ds. Isnt it beautiful to hear the el paso high band practicing behind us. We may hear the strains of the next song coming through over the course of this conversation but i was just thinking about the fact that charlotte and i, raised by melissa and pat and our sister aaron grew up four blocks from here and when i would walked el paso high i would walk through this park, climb over this wall and make my way to the side of this mountain and see chris and jim and robert and our friends at el paso high, differently a part of who i am, helped to form me and shape me and makes me proud of this community, looking out at everyone who has taken the time to be here this morning. I want to begin with my gratitude and my thanks and an expression of my overwhelming pride in this community at this moment. After this horrific tragedy on august 3rd where 22 lives were taken from us, dozens more injured and still grieving, many still at University Me
Nomination in 2020. From earlier today, this is just over 35 minutes. [marching band playing in distance] [crowd talking] mr. Orourke good morning. Buenos dias. [crowd talking] mr. Orourke good morning. Buenos dias. Isnt it beautiful to hear the el paso high band practicing behind us . We may hear the strains of the next song coming through over the course of this conversation but i was just thinking about the fact that charlotte and i, raised by melissa and pat and our sister aaron grew up four blocks from here and when i would walk to el paso high i would walk through this park, climb over this wall and make my way to the side of this mountain and see chris and jim and robert and our friends at el paso high, and its definitely a part of who i am. Helped to form me and shape me and makes me proud of this community, looking out at everyone who has taken the time to be here this morning. I want to begin with my gratitude and my thanks and an expression of my overwhelming pride in this c
Mr. Orourke also announced that he will continue his run for the democratic president ial nomination in 2020, after temporarily suspending his campaign. This is just over 35 minutes. [marching band playing in distance] [crowd talking] mr. Orourke good morning. Buenos dias. Isnt it beautiful to hear the el paso high band practicing behind us . We may hear the strains of the next song coming through over the course of this conversation , but i was just thinking about the fact that charlotte and i, raised by melissa and pat and our sister aaron grew up four blocks from here and when i would walk to el paso high i would walk through this park, climb over this wall, and make my way to the side of this mountain and see chris and jim and robert and our friends at el paso high, and its definitely a part of who i am. Helped to form me and shape me , and makes me proud of this community, who we are, looking out at everyone who has taken the time to be here this morning. I just want to begin with
You. Great to be here too. Speaking of show business, right before you announce, there was this vvanity fair profile of you and got a partial quote saying, i was born to be in this. What did you mean by that . I found my purpose in service. So playing in punk rock bands growing up was a ton of fund. Starting a Small Business in el paso, hightech company in a place that you might not expect to find it, growing that business, being able to serve the Small Business community here was incredibly fulfilling but not until i was on city council that i felt i had found my calling. I love being with people, working on an issue. Same with congress, same campaigning across the state of texas. Im fulfilled. I feel like im at my highest and best use to my fellow citizens when im serving. Thats what i meant. You got a little guff for it. And probably unfairly because the whole quote was a little bit different, but it seemed a little cheeky. Right. As though i were born. When you saw it, d . I was fr