Beto O'Rourke responded to a heckler at a campaign stop with an expletive after the Texas gubernatorial candidate heard a cackled laugh while he criticised the ease with which the Uvalde elementary school gunman purchased an AR-15-style rifle. 9News
By Friday, video of O'Rourke's exchange at a town hall in rural Mineral Wells had drawn millions of views on social media, becoming the latest instance in which O'Rourke has gotten attention for his calls for stricter gun laws following one of the deadliest classroom shootings in US history.
Video shows a small number of people in the crowd were holding signs for Republican Governor Greg Abbott, O'Rourke's opponent in November, though it does not show who O'Rourke was specifically addressing.READ MORE:Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in the May massacre.