O’Rourke: Won’t Go Negative Ahead Of Texas Senate Debate

ATHENS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Democrat Beto O’Rourke’s mother is typically asked how her son got his name or if he was a troublemaker. But in a rural county Donald Trump overwhelmingly won in 2016, a supporter brings up different family history: Accusations her son pushed a project that would benefit his wealthy father-in-law.
It’s a decade-old accusation that Beto O’Rourke has denied and stems from his days on the El Paso City Council. An attorney who filed two e