Briscoe Cain says his "My AR is ready for you" tweet benefited him, Beto O'Rourke

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by Texas Tribune Staff


Republican state Rep. Briscoe Cain doubled down Saturday on a controversial tweet that many saw as a death threat against Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke.

"I don't regret it. I just checked Twitter again, and I still can't use it," Cain said at The Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, where he was speaking on a panel about millennials' involvement in politics.

"It was good for both of us," Cain added. "I trended [on Twitter]. I increased my name ID. It is what I believe. I don’t regret it at all."

The controversy began when O'Rourke, a former congressman from El Paso, called for a mandatory buyback program for assault weapons at a Houston presidential debate earlier this month — not long after mass shootings in Odessa and his hometown.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/09/28/briscoe-cain-beto-orourke-gun-tweet/

And you also benefited the financial coffers of your likely Democratic opponent in the next election by $68,000 in one day.

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1. Does he mind if someone says it about him?

Does he mind if someone says it about him?