Beto O'Rourke: “I think this is a gross waste of taxpayer resources.”

We have to get serious. We have to be absolutely ruthless about getting back in power.

We have to get serious.

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.