Posted on 01/09/2019 6:03:33 AM PST by yesthatjallen
Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) denounced President Trump's primetime speech Tuesday night as an effort to "instill anxiety and paranoia" about the U.S.-Mexico border, which the potential 2020 presidential candidate called "one of the safest places" in the country.
O'Rourke, an El Paso, Texas, native who represented a congressional district near the border for three terms, posted a two-minute video late Tuesday that showed southern border. He described the area as "peaceful" just hours after Trump delivered an Oval Office address aimed at building support for his proposed border wall.
"By any measure the border is as safe as it’s ever been," O'Rourke said. "And the president using fear and anecdote to try to instill anxiety and paranoia to build the political will to construct this wall that would cost $30 billion and take private property and cause death and suffering… that was what we heard from the Oval Office."
"And we need to meet that fear with the truth, with our ambition, with the best traditions of this country," he added.
O'Rourke, who lost his Senate bid to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in November, is considered a potential Democratic presidential candidate for 2020. He has not yet indicated whether he will run.
Trump, in his first primetime address from the Oval Office, delivered many of his typical talking points on immigration and the need to construct a wall along the southern border. He warned of criminals and drugs coming over the border, and blamed Democrats for refusing to cooperate.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) responded by saying Trump's statements were misleading, and calling on him to re-open the government.
The president's desire for more than $5 billion in funding for the wall triggered a partial government shutdown that has entered its 19th day. Trump is scheduled to meet with congressional leaders on Wednesday, though no breakthrough appears imminent.
Well okay, brah!
And Beto is a moron.
Safe huh? Why don’t you and your wife and kids go have a picnic down there to show us how safe it is.
Dems can re-open the government by passing the spending spending bill that was submitted.
So Beto the Betaboy is calling all the Rats liars?
https://www.facebook.com/FreedomWatcherPaul/videos/10215927879741239/
Bobby Frank is a liar
These types of assertions need to be answered with video. Trump and other patriotic representatives needs to start augmenting their speeches with video clips frequently. The public doesn’t know how to understand English words above second grade level, but they understand visuals.
Or could it be he's full of sh*t?
I am sick of these commies ( I call em like I see em) obfuscating the issue of border security. The only people that believe their happy horse hockey are the useful idiots. It’s incredible with the access to the truth literally in the palm of your hand with the smart phone a lot of people are stupider than ever.
An eleven-Pinocchio lie from the fake Hispanic.
Man’s an idiot, of the highest order ....
Yeah, aside from the drugs, human trafficking, gangs, killings, corruption, etc. it’s a great place.
The University of TX at El Paso has been shut down more than once due to bullets flying across the border striking it’s buildings and cars. It’s a miracle no one has been killed.
Someone needs to ask him how his mama’s money laundering tax fraud fed case is going.
Large portions of southern Arizona are “off limits” , because of drug cartel minions moving through there. Signs posted on the highways warn travelers to stay on the roads.
In effect, that portion of the US has been ceded to the cartels.
Safe?
LOL!
Only cares about the votes from offspring of illegal immigrants.
Outside of Tucson is nice for picnicking I’ve heard.
This POS is a total moron.
I worked down there in the oil patch for over 4 years.
State Troopers told us to never stop along certain sections of road for ANY reason. Everyone stayed armed. Some locations actually had armed security to protect assets.
Yeah, real safe, Beto. You and your family ought to move right on down there and show the People just how “safe” it is.
Then a wall shouldn’t be a problem?
O please let this moron be the democrat nominee in 2020! Please! Please! Please!
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