Buh Bye Beto!

After stirring up some dust but not actually gaining ground in his Democratic primary run, Beto O’Rourke is calling it quits. Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke dropped out of the 2020 presidential race on Friday after a disappointing campaign that failed to build off the momentum generated from his longshot Texas…

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Beto O’Rourke as Sacrificial Lamb? Hell, YES

At this point in the 2020 Democratic primary campaign for president, it is already obvious that former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s efforts aren’t going to earn him the nomination. So maybe it is not so surprising that he’s the one out front on gun control. He’s a lost cause so he…

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Colt suspends production of AR-15

While the NRA and its supporters are getting all over Beto O’Rourke about his stance on removing military style weaponry from the United States… Gunmaker Colt says it is suspending its production of rifles for the civilian market including the popular AR-15. Colt’s chief executive officer, Dennis Veilleux, says it…

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GOP Elected Threatens Beto Over Gun Control

I missed the debate last night but saw a snippet of Beto O’Rourke’s reply to removing AR-15 and AK-47s and similar weapons from America’s civilian arsenal. And he followed up with a related tweet…and got some push back. See it here: I am not surprised that there are vocal and…

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How much longer will Beto O’Rourke linger in the presidential race?

He’ll be out before the Iowa Caucuses…. Beto O’Rourke will report raising about $3.6 million from April through June, a startlingly small sum for a candidate whose presidential campaign once appeared ascendant and who raised massive amounts of money for his 2018 Senate race. The total, which O’Rourke’s campaign will…

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If Speaking a Second Language That Is Not English Is THE Qualification:

Mayor Pete Buttigieg wins the Democratic nomination….if Beto O’Rourke’s support for his demonstration of speaking Spanish is relevant.

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Why Is The GOP So Afraid of Beto O’Rourke?

Since he officially announced his run for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, the GOP has been tripping over themselves to belittle him. What is wildest is their renewed use of his full given name instead of the name he is commonly known by. If they want to go…

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