Beto O’Rourke’s presidential campaign is going nowhere fast. While he was once the media’s darling, as they watched his every move with cheerful glee during his race against Ted Cruz.
O’Rourke’s shine has since fallen by the wayside and the media quickly found a new bright and shiny object to trip over themselves about: South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
The media quickly became enamored with the Indiana mayor because he would be our nation’s the first openly gay president, the media has reminded us over and over as if a candidate’s sexuality is a qualification for President of the United States.
Regardless, Beto, like the media’s faux adherence to ethics and adherence to nonpartisan reporting, was discarded. Since then Beto has been left flailing in the wind, only able to pull in support in the low single-digits.
But then Saturday happened and Beto and his campaign saw an opportunity and have since seized it. Beto and his campaign saw an opportunity to attempt to resurrect his campaign on the corpse of those killed Saturday in El Paso and Dayton and that’s what he’s been doing.
We know what Trump is doing. He stokes racism. He incites violence. We shouldn’t be asking if there’s anything he can do or if he’s responsible for this when we know the answer. I stand by what I said. https://t.co/zykowSpS6s
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 5, 2019
This president’s open racism is an invitation to violence. The writing has been on the wall since his maiden speech coming down that escalator calling immigrants "rapists and criminals." The actions that follow cannot surprise us. pic.twitter.com/jSBbAQROF0
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 5, 2019
Only a racist, driven by fear, could witness what took place this weekend—and instead of standing up to hatred, side with a mass murderer's call to make our country more white. We are so much better than this president. https://t.co/SYMT77fbOf
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 5, 2019
The President has tried to convince Americans that Mexican immigrants are a threat to our security—but this weekend, it was our country's gun laws that killed eight Mexican citizens. My heart is with them.
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 5, 2019
This president, who helped create the hatred that made Saturday's tragedy possible, should not come to El Paso. We do not need more division. We need to heal. He has no place here.
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 5, 2019