Beto O'Rourke: “I want to thank her and the team in El Paso who do a phenomenal job.”

I asked some of these parents whether their kids were starting the first day of school (INAUDIBLE) children of Uvalde. Some told me that they were home schooling their kids, that they could not go back into the public schools given the…

I`m as optimistic as I`ve ever been. And I think it has a lot to do with traveling this state constantly, and seeing so many good people.

It is going to continue to happen unless we have change. And those families, those parents, are leading the fight to change. And when we win it`s going to be because of them.

We must act. We will act. We`re going to keep our children safe.