Former Democratic congressman Beto O'Rourke blamed both gun violence and coronavirus deaths on the Republican Party during an interview on Wednesday night.
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is hiring the architect of Beto O'Rourke's failed primary campaign, tapping a vocal advocate of AR-15 confiscation to lead him to victory in the general election. 
Five of Joe Biden's new Democratic endorsers had sharp words for him when they were mounting their own presidential bids, attacking him on race, representing a bygone era, and even his cognitive functioning. 
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D., Mass.) presidential campaign is over. She's still in the race, for now, but she is not going to be the Democratic Party's nominee in 2020. All that remains to be seen at this point is A) when she'll drop out, and B) whether she'll endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) and help him clinch the nomination or shiv him in the back like the opportunistic snake she is accused (by some) of being. 
Democrat Eliz Markowitz suffered a lopsided loss in Tuesday's special runoff election for Texas House District 28, in spite of a flood of support from liberal groups and top Democrats like Beto O'Rourke. 
Fresh off a bruising end to his 2020 presidential campaign, Beto O'Rourke (D.) has poured his efforts and fundraising into a Texas State House race viewed as a bellwether for whether Democrats can take control of the chamber. 
Author and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson dropped out of the 2020 Democratic presidential race Friday, staying in the fight far longer than such candidates as Beto O'Rourke and Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.). 
Gun control has increasingly taken a back seat in coverage of the 2020 primary, upsetting proponents and causing celebration among opponents, who believe the drop-off shows the issue is a loser even in the Democratic primary. 
Several gun owners on an MSNBC focus group laughed at the notion of "buybacks," a confiscation proposal made by two failed Democratic presidential candidates. 
Beto O'Rourke's exit from the Democratic presidential primary on Friday makes clear his decision to center his campaign on gun confiscation was a failure, and shows it is an increasingly dangerous political position for candidates to take. 