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Despite a good deal of support on social media for Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke’s confrontation of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott Wednesday, there is a good chance the Democratic challenger’s response could backfire, according to Newsweek political reporter Darragh Roche, who writes that “actions following the deadly shooting at an elementary school in Ulvade, Texas could potentially cost him the governor’s race in a state famous for supporting gun rights.”

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