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Former Texas Rep. Beto O鈥橰ourke addressed a packed bar overlooking Cleveland鈥檚 industrial valley Monday afternoon, days after announcing his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

O鈥橰ourke spoke for about 45 minutes, taking questions from an audience that filled Gino鈥檚 Cento Anno and spilled outside onto the patio in Cleveland鈥檚 Brooklyn Centre neighborhood. He opened by telling the crowd the country had never been more polarized.

鈥淲e need to make sure that we see each other not as Democrats or Republicans, not as rural or urban, not people of different races and religions and immigration status,鈥� he said, 鈥渂ut before any of those differences count, we see each other as Americans, as human beings.鈥�

O鈥橰ourke said he had spoken with Sen. Sherrod Brown earlier about General Motors鈥� layoffs. His campaign talking with David Green, the president of the United Auto Workers local

Asked in Cleveland about climate change, O鈥橰ourke called the the 鈥渂oldest and best proposal yet鈥� on the issue. On immigration, he said people brought to the country unlawfully as children should become citizens.  

鈥淟et鈥檚 legalize and free the Dreamers from any fear of deportation by making them U.S. citizens in this country,鈥� he said, 鈥渁nd let鈥檚 go forward living our values in everything that we do, including, especially in, immigration.鈥�

O鈥橰ouke said he supports universal background checks for all gun purchases. Noting that he comes from a state where gun ownership is widespread, he suggested there should be limits on new sales of high-powered rifles like the AR-15.

鈥淚f you own an AR-15, I don鈥檛 want to take it from you,鈥� he said. 鈥淜eep it, continue to use it responsibly. All I鈥檓 saying is we don鈥檛 need to sell any more of them into our communities.鈥�

O鈥橰ourke鈥檚 trip has included stops in Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan. He鈥檚 scheduled to speak in and on Tuesday.  

The Texas Democrat lost his challenge to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz last year, and the Ohio GOP pointed to that defeat in a statement responding to his visit.

鈥淲e would like to remind the voters of Ohio about the long list of accomplishments Mr. O鈥橰ourke has,鈥� a statement from party executive director Robert Secaur read. It continued: 鈥淟ost his U.S. Senate Bid.鈥�