AUSTIN, Texas -- Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke spoke at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Saturday.

The former El Paso Congressman is calling for President Trump to resign. This in the wake of the Democratic push to impeach the president.

"The best possible path, especially if you are concerned about a country that has never been more divided, perhaps more highly polarized every day, is for this president to resign, allow this country to heal, and ensure that we come back together with the greatest and most ambitious agenda we have ever faced, none of it possible while he remains in power,” said O'Rourke.

O'Rourke has long supported impeachment and praised House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for launching the impeachment inquiry.

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It stemmed from a whistleblower complaint that President Trump allegedly pressured Ukraine’s president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden.