Beto O'Rourke: “Perhaps there is a communication breakdown in El Paso in terms of what they believe they can or cannot do.”

I think people will take it for what it is – it’s a gimmick, it’s a bribe. It’s another promise that the president will be unable to fulfill … It adds to the stink of desperation that is emanating from that convention centre.

We cannot roll over. We cannot play dead.

We’re going to fight these motherf-----s for as long as it takes, with everything we got. We’re never giving in, we’re never giving up, and we’re never bending the knee.

They’re doing all of this because they are panicked. They are scared.