U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke doubled down Saturday that he did not leave the scene of a 1998 drinking and driving arrest near El Paso, Texas, and added that a passenger inside his vehicle that night backs his story. "I did not flee,” O’Rourke told Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith during the 2018 Texas Tribune Festival in Austin. Appearing as the festival’s closing keynote speaker, O’Rourke said he recently contacted the female passenger to get her recollection of that evening. He also said he would not serve in the Senate for more than two terms (12 years) should he unseat Cruz. When asked by Smith where on the spectrum he is between very liberal Democrats and the establishment types, O’Rourke answered, "I place myself in Texas.”

Source: Fox News September 30, 2018 10:30 UTC