He mentioned he obtained IV antibiotics and can be resting at residence in El Paso “in accordance with the medical doctors’ suggestions.”
He mentioned he was “sorry to have needed to postpone occasions due to this, however promise to be again on the street with you as quickly as I’m in a position.”
His marketing campaign didn’t instantly reply to a request for additional remark.
O’Rourke is working towards Gov. Greg Abbott (R) within the November election. He ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 2018, although he was inside a number of proportion factors of Sen. Ted Cruz (R). That race propelled O’Rourke to the nationwide political stage and an unsuccessful marketing campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. He beforehand represented El Paso within the U.S. Home.
The 2 campaigns put O’Rourke on the file on numerous positions together with abortion and gun rights — notably tense subjects in Texas, the place the gun possession fee is among the many highest within the nation. He lags behind Abbott in recent polls by a number of proportion factors outdoors the margins of error.
O’Rourke’s sickness comes on the tail finish of his “Drive for Texas,” a 49-day tour in a Toyota pickup truck with 70 occasions throughout greater than 65 counties. A video from an earlier stop on the tour, in Mineral Wells, went viral after O’Rourke confronted a heckler throughout his speech in regards to the faculty taking pictures in Uvalde, Tex. Gun management has been a staple of his platform.
O’Rourke’s marketing campaign occasions from Thursday final week to Sunday will probably be rescheduled, in accordance with his website. The final marketing campaign occasion earlier than he fell in poor health was in Fort Bend County, outdoors Houston, in accordance with the web site. The ultimate occasion of the tour is ready for Sept. 7.
