Beto O’Rourke curses at heckler in viral video

Beto O’Rourke on Wednesday cursed at a heckler who laughed at his remarks on the Uvalde school shooting during a campaign event in Mineral Wells, sparking a viral moment as the confrontation spread across the internet.

The encounter came as O’Rourke, the Democratic nominee for governor, slammed the state laws that allowed the gunman who massacred 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School to legally purchase the AR-15-style rifle used in the shooting.

A heckler in the crowd laughed loudly after O’Rourke dropped to a knee and extended his arm while describing the weapon “originally designed for use on the battlefields in Vietnam to penetrate an enemy soldier’s helmet at 500 feet.”