Posted on 04/03/2018 6:16:25 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Texas Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Beto O'Rourke said Tuesday that President Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz are inciting fear in Texas voters and called that "bullshit."
O'Rourke got to that word after dodging a question on the progress of a Texas ports bill he said he's working on with Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas).
"So why hasn't it happened, Congressman?" interviewer and Tribune CEO Evan Smith asked.
Instead of answering, O'Rourke said, "Let me tell you what the president and our junior senator are doing right now."
"They want you to be afraid of Mexicans. When they call them rapists and criminals and say only a wall will keep them out," he said.
He then condemned them for scaring Americans about Muslims.
"When they try to scare you about what Muslims are going to do if you give them the chance to come into the country, and it's Cruz saying we should send police patrols into their neighborhoods and Trump saying we should keep them out altogether," he said.
He also condemned them for "trying to scare" Texans on gay couples adopting kids in Texas and transgender kids using their preferred bathroom.
"They are trying to push you based on fear and paranoia and anxiety, and that, Evan, is bullshit. And we've got to be bigger, stronger, and more courageous than that. And I know we are," he said to applause.
O'Rourke is mounting a bid to knock off Cruz in the 2018 election. He raised a strong $6.7 million in the first quarter of 2018.
Bummer. I was hoping this was some insightful witticisms from PJ O’Rourke, not the usual victimhood lib rant.
What ever happened to old PJ, anyways?
Illegals, muslims and gays.
Yeah, tell me about it. You've just described Barack Obama in a nutshell.
And the current Pope.
He’s got a REAL thin skin, or so it would appear.
Cruz needs to hire someone to dog him and keep him pissed off so he shows his true character.
He’s so full of himself thinking it’s only about Mexicans. Somebody should tell this fool that our BP apprehends folks from some 150 different countries.
For instance, first six months of 2016:
India 2657
Pakistan 155
Turkey 53
interactive map:
http://www.theyucatantimes.com/2016/07/apprehensions-at-u-s-mexico-border-by-origin-country/
Meanwhile leftists try to tell me that we’re all gonna die and Trump had Russian help winning the elections from Russian Ghosts. Which poison should I pick? It sure won’t be yours leftists.
I didn’t know anything about this O’Rourke before,but now it sounds like I know everything I need to. Can he be deported to someplace more in tune with his kind of thinking?
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