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Beto O'Rourke supports the practice of [[abortion]] up until birth and more recently refused to support a law that would prevent [[infanticide]].<ref name="Ertelt2019">{{cite web |last1=Ertelt |first1=Steven |title=WATCH: Beto O'Rourke Refuses to Support Law to Stop Infanticide, Care for Babies Born Alive After Abortions |url=https://www.lifenews.com/2019/03/20/watch-beto-orourke-refuses-to-support-law-to-stop-infanticide-care-for-babies-born-alive-after-abortions/ |publisher=Life News |date=20 March 2019}}</ref> O'Rourke also has hailed the Soviet concept of [[separation of church and state]] and berated a Roman Catholic priest for defending [[traditional marriage]].<ref name="Kokx">{{cite web |last1=Kokx |first1=Steven |title=Video surfaces of Beto O’Rourke berating Catholic priest for defending male/female marriage|url=https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/video-surfaces-of-beto-orourke-berating-catholic-priest-for-defending-male-female-marriage |publisher=Life Site News |date=22 March 2019}}</ref>
Beto O'Rourke supports the practice of [[abortion]] up until birth and more recently refused to support a law that would prevent [[infanticide]].<ref name="Ertelt2019">{{cite web |last1=Ertelt |first1=Steven |title=WATCH: Beto O'Rourke Refuses to Support Law to Stop Infanticide, Care for Babies Born Alive After Abortions |url=https://www.lifenews.com/2019/03/20/watch-beto-orourke-refuses-to-support-law-to-stop-infanticide-care-for-babies-born-alive-after-abortions/ |publisher=Life News |date=20 March 2019}}</ref> O'Rourke also has hailed the Soviet concept of [[separation of church and state]] and berated a Roman Catholic priest for defending [[traditional marriage]].<ref name="Kokx">{{cite web |last1=Kokx |first1=Steven |title=Video surfaces of Beto O’Rourke berating Catholic priest for defending male/female marriage|url=https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/video-surfaces-of-beto-orourke-berating-catholic-priest-for-defending-male-female-marriage |publisher=Life Site News |date=22 March 2019}}</ref>
==Background==
==Presidential campaign==
In announcing his candidacy for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president in March 2019, O'Rourke boasted of his [[white privilege]]: "I was born to do this."<ref>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/03/beto-orourke-cover-story?verso=true</ref> Despite the high-profile liberal/communist media roll out of his campaign, Beto's run fizzled immediately with the rise of [[gay rights]] [[activist]] [[Pete Buttigieg]]. A critic described Beto's speaking style: {{quotebox|He talked in a fluid, energetic, run-on style that was interesting to listen to — at first. As soon as you thought you had caught up with one chunk of clever rhetoric he moved on to the next set-piece, so you could never really process what he was saying. The more he spoke, the more his phrases grew monotonous in aggregate, and his animated talking points merged into each other, a river of charming progressivism in isolation; overwhelming and almost incomprehensible when unloaded all at once.<ref>https://medium.com/@harrisonblackman/late-stage-betomania-in-reno-dfbbfb1b9713</ref>}} Beto's early campaign was blunte by the upstart [[Pete Buttigieg]]. Former Congressman [[Barney Frank]] (D., Mass.) remarkedt that Beto "may be regretting that he's straight," given that Buttigieg's sexuality has largely inoculated him from the onslaught of "white privilege" attacks that have plagued O'Rourke's candidacy from day one.
Willie Nelson, outed as a virulent racist who sings in celebration of public lynchings,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://psmag.com/news/country-hits-are-getting-more-misogynistic-according-to-new-research?fbclid=IwAR0L2NbDN6gHqxr8vnsjPyB6GZFuMbUxIjh-k9uFn74tSrvx9y-U_xc_OAk|title=COUNTRY HITS INCREASINGLY OBJECTIFY WOMEN AND GLORIFY WHITENESS|last=Jacobs|first=Tom|date=May 7, 2019|website=Pacific Standard|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>https://www.salon.com/2003/07/16/beer_horses/</ref><ref>http://newblackwoman.com/2008/07/31/toby-keiths-ode-to-lynching/</ref> is an enthusiastic Beto supporter.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/blog/prominent-beto-supporter-denounced-for-singing-pro-lynching-anthem/</ref>
Beto is a persistent [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]]er. ''The Federalist'' reported on Beto's first presidential debate performance: {{quotebox|O’Rourke, who had kicked off an entertaining arms race in Spanish proficiency, promised to fund “resiliency”—the cost unknown. The one-time darling of the media also promised that as president he would instruct his Justice Department to prosecute his predecessor for “potential crimes,” which didn’t even provoke a murmur from the commentariat, although it’s the same kind of rhetoric that elicits high indignation when used by Trump.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/06/27/first-debate-proved-democratic-party-gone-loco/</ref>}}
As Beto's poll numbers tumbled, after the [[El Paso Walmart shooting]] by a crazed [[leftist]], Beto cursed out President Trump with the most vile, profane invective. Beto's widely publicized vile, hate filled rants, accusing Trump supporters of being racists, cost Beto one of three supporters in polls the following week.
===Prophet of doom===
<center><big><font color="brown">{{days until|2029|12|31}} Days Until Final Destruction of the Planet'''</font></big></center>
Beto has appealed to [[fear]] rather than [[hope]], claiming imminent destruction of the planet by [[capitalism]] is ten years. Beto's plan of salvation would double taxes and shrink the U.S. economy by 25% in ten years. O'Rourke introduced a plan to fight global warming that is larger than the federal budget.
===War tax===
Beto proposed a War Tax to tax non-military families.
==Life and career==
The Irish-American O'Rourke claims that his nickname "Beto" came from childhood as a shortened name for "Roberto" in Spanish; many of his friends are Hispanic, and El Paso is a predominantly Hispanic city. Beto is considered by many as the penultimate [[beta-male]].<ref>https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/411830-ex-trump-strategist-calls-beto-orourke-beta</ref> At [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]], at which he participated on the rowing team, he was known as "Robert" or "Rob." O'Rourke's mother is the former Melissa Martha Williams. His father was El Paso County Judge Pat Francis O'Rourke, a political associate of former Texas [[Governor]] [[Mark White]], whose son, Andrew White, lost the May 22, 2018, Democratic gubernatorial runoff election to the former sheriff of Dallas County, [[Lupe Valdez]]. The senior O'Rourke was killed in July 2001, when he was struck from behind by a vehicle while he was riding his bicycle across the state line into [[New Mexico]].<ref>Bill Lambrecht, "From border to brink of Senate run, ''San Antonio Express-News'', March 17, 2017, pp. 1, A9.</ref>
The Irish-American O'Rourke claims that his nickname "Beto" came from childhood as a shortened name for "Roberto" in Spanish; many of his friends are Hispanic, and El Paso is a predominantly Hispanic city. Beto is considered by many as the penultimate [[beta-male]].<ref>https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/411830-ex-trump-strategist-calls-beto-orourke-beta</ref> At [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]], at which he participated on the rowing team, he was known as "Robert" or "Rob." O'Rourke's mother is the former Melissa Martha Williams. His father was El Paso County Judge Pat Francis O'Rourke, a political associate of former Texas [[Governor]] [[Mark White]], whose son, Andrew White, lost the May 22, 2018, Democratic gubernatorial runoff election to the former sheriff of Dallas County, [[Lupe Valdez]]. The senior O'Rourke was killed in July 2001, when he was struck from behind by a vehicle while he was riding his bicycle across the state line into [[New Mexico]].<ref>Bill Lambrecht, "From border to brink of Senate run, ''San Antonio Express-News'', March 17, 2017, pp. 1, A9.</ref>