The RealClearPolitics average of polls shows Cruz with a seven-point lead.
That's what we've chosen to do," O'Rourke said.ĭespite the huge fundraising numbers, he trails in the polls against incumbent Sen. I think the kind of bitterness and name-calling and partisanship that has unfortunately defined so much of the national conversation, you can add more to it, or you can stay focused on the future and why you did this in the first place.
"I don't know that it makes any sense to respond. He said you're a total lightweight," Faris told O'Rourke. O'Rourke told reporters earlier in the week that he will not share his whopping haul with fellow Democrats as they face an uphill battle to get a majority.įaris also noted O'Rourke has been criticized by President Donald Trump on Twitter. Video: In recorded piece aired on Sunday’s #ThisWeek, gushing ABC News reporter exclaimed of as she walked with him through cheering supporters: "You’re a rock star! No, you really are!" /0rqwRrtxhe Hauling in a record $38 million in donations last quarter," Faris said. "O'Rourke, a three-term congressman, has captured the nation's attention as well. O'Rorke denied that he was a rock star and said that his campaign has employed a simple strategy of showing up everywhere all the time for everyone.įaris continued to praise the progressive candidate for his ability to raise huge sums of money.
She noted how he couldn't go 10 feet without an interruption from one of his supporters. "You're a rock star … You really are," she said as supporters of O'Rourke cheered as he walked past them. ABC reporter Paula Faris told Texas Democratic Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke that he was a "rock star" in footage from a campaign event that aired Sunday on "This Week."