Washington (CNN) "This is f***ed up," 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke said live on CNN.

The former Texas congressman made the blunt statement Sunday regarding the latest mass shooting to shake the US, after a Saturday rampage in West Texas left seven people dead and added fuel to the debate on gun violence in America.

O'Rourke told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union" that "thoughts and prayers" have "done nothing" to curb rampant shootings in the country.

"A hundred killed daily in the United States of America. We're averaging about 300 mass shootings a year. No other country comes close. So yes, this is f***ed up," O'Rourke said. He used the same expletive to describe the mass shooting Saturday at an event in Virginia.

"If we don't call it out for what it is, if we're not able to speak clearly, if we're not able to act decisively then we will continue to have this kind of bloodshed in America, and I cannot accept that," he said Sunday.