Beto O'Rourke will stand opposite President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential campaign

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The former congressman said on Friday that he would attend a rally in his home town of El Paso to counter Trump's appearance in the city the same night.

According to the organizers, the O'Rourke Rally "will show the country the reality of the border.

The Trump Rally, its first in 2019, will take place at the larger Coliseum in El Paso County, while O'Rourke will speak at the Chalio Acosta Sports Center. The two points are a stone's throw away from each other.

O'Rourke attempted to overthrow Ted Cruz out of the Senate in last year's midterm elections, but failed despite a wave of national support.

February 11 is four days before the deadline for Congress and the President to reach an agreement on spending, including the border wall desired by Trump, to avoid a further government shutdown.

O'Rourke, 46, did not hesitate to be elected president in 2020. He met on Tuesday with an interview with Oprah Winfrey in New York, in which he announced he would make a decision. "Before the end of the month."

In his state of the union address, Trump said on Tuesday: "The border town of El Paso, Texas, had an extremely high rate of violent crime, and now, with a strong barrier in place, El Paso is one of our safest cities. "

O'Rourke represented the 16th district of Congress from 2013 to 2019. He was a member of the El Paso City Council for six years.