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[[Judicial Watch]]  broke a story about an ISIS training cell just a few miles from El Paso in an area known as “Anapra” situated just west of Ciudad Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.<ref>https://artvoice.com/2019/02/11/el-paso-a-major-smuggling-route-for-mexican-drugs-illegal-aliens-islamic-terrorists/</ref> Law enforcement and intelligence sources on both sides of the border confirm that cartel-backed “coyotes” help smuggle ISIS terrorists through the desert and into the U.S. between Acala and Fort Hancock, Texas.

[[Judicial Watch]]  broke a story about an ISIS training cell just a few miles from El Paso in an area known as “Anapra” situated just west of Ciudad Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.<ref>https://artvoice.com/2019/02/11/el-paso-a-major-smuggling-route-for-mexican-drugs-illegal-aliens-islamic-terrorists/</ref> Law enforcement and intelligence sources on both sides of the border confirm that cartel-backed “coyotes” help smuggle ISIS terrorists through the desert and into the U.S. between Acala and Fort Hancock, Texas.

The areas are targeted for exploitation by [[ISIS]] because of their understaffed municipal and county police forces and the relative safe-havens the terrain provides for the unchecked large-scale drug smuggling. In the aftermath of Judicial Watch's story about [[Islamic]] [[terrorist]]s operating in Juarez, Beto tried to silence federal law enforcement sources.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/feds-el-paso-rep-orourke-called-ban-contact-jw/</ref>

The areas are targeted for exploitation by [[ISIS]] because of their understaffed municipal and county police forces and the relative safe-havens the terrain provides for the unchecked large-scale drug smuggling. In the aftermath of Judicial Watch's story about [[Islamic]] [[terrorist]]s operating in Juarez, Beto tried to silence federal law enforcement sources.<ref name="judicialwatch.org">https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/feds-el-paso-rep-orourke-called-ban-contact-jw/</ref>

===Islamic State in Juarez===

===Islamic State in Juarez===

PolitiFact rated Beto's claim that the [[Islamic State]] terrorist group was not operating in Juarez, Mexico as [[false]].<ref>https://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2018/may/03/beto-orourke/beto-orourke-zero-terrorists-harm-Americans-Mexico/</ref>  Juarez, which is adjacent to El Paso, is among the world’s most dangerous cities<ref>https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/world/2018/07/17/juarez-50-most-dangerous-cities-world/791543002/</ref> and the most dangerous place in the [[Western Hemisphere]].<ref>https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-most-dangerous-place-in-the-western-hemisphere/#!</ref>  In 2014 Beto O’Rourke contacted the El Paso area offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) in an effort to identify—and evidently intimidate—sources that may have been used by [[Judicial Watch]]. Judicial Watch reported that the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) is operating a camp just a few miles from El Paso, according to sources that include a Mexican Army field grade officer and a Mexican Federal Police Inspector.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/feds-el-paso-rep-orourke-called-ban-contact-jw/</ref>

PolitiFact rated Beto's claim that the [[Islamic State]] terrorist group was not operating in Juarez, Mexico as [[false]].<ref>https://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2018/may/03/beto-orourke/beto-orourke-zero-terrorists-harm-Americans-Mexico/</ref>  Juarez, which is adjacent to El Paso, is among the world's most dangerous cities<ref>https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/world/2018/07/17/juarez-50-most-dangerous-cities-world/791543002/</ref> and the most dangerous place in the [[Western Hemisphere]].<ref>https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-most-dangerous-place-in-the-western-hemisphere/#!</ref>  In 2014 Beto O’Rourke contacted the El Paso area offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) in an effort to identify—and evidently intimidate—sources that may have been used by [[Judicial Watch]]. Judicial Watch reported that the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) is operating a camp just a few miles from El Paso, according to sources that include a Mexican Army field grade officer and a Mexican Federal Police Inspector.<ref name="judicialwatch.org"/>

===Women don’t jump on furniture===

===Women don’t jump on furniture===

The campaign of Sen. [[Gary Hart]] in 1984 was deemed by Democratic strategists to have failed due to lack of appeal among "the Bubba vote." The "Bubba vote" was defined as "guys with a gun rack in the pick-up truck." In 1992 Bill Clinton was molded to appeal to the "Bubba vote," and even garnered the nickname "Bubba Clinton" among some supporters.  The Clintons however passed several measures aimed at [[Second Amendment]] rights, such as background checks, child safety locks etc..  Many communist supporters of the Clintons felt gun  restrictions did not go far enough, and [[Al Gore]] promised to finish the job.  The [[National Rifle Association]], more than any other organized group, defeated Al Gore in 2000. [[John Kerry]], a gun-toting Ivy League rich kid and [[Swift Boat Veterans for Truth|alleged war hero]] hardly fit the bill as an advocate for "Bubbas."<ref>[https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.Uv4Uc1akSdvco23GjVaLmQHaE7%26pid%3DApi&f=1]</ref>  By 2008, no "Bubbas" even entered the Democratic field. Beto, an effeminate soyboy, was the Democrat's first 21st century attempt to re-create "the Bubba vote."

The campaign of Sen. [[Gary Hart]] in 1984 was deemed by Democratic strategists to have failed due to lack of appeal among "the Bubba vote." The "Bubba vote" was defined as "guys with a gun rack in the pick-up truck." In 1992 Bill Clinton was molded to appeal to the "Bubba vote," and even garnered the nickname "Bubba Clinton" among some supporters.  The Clintons however passed several measures aimed at [[Second Amendment]] rights, such as background checks, child safety locks etc..  Many communist supporters of the Clintons felt gun  restrictions did not go far enough, and [[Al Gore]] promised to finish the job.  The [[National Rifle Association]], more than any other organized group, defeated Al Gore in 2000. [[John Kerry]], a gun-toting Ivy League rich kid and [[Swift Boat Veterans for Truth|alleged war hero]] hardly fit the bill as an advocate for "Bubbas."<ref>[https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.Uv4Uc1akSdvco23GjVaLmQHaE7%26pid%3DApi&f=1]</ref>  By 2008, no "Bubbas" even entered the Democratic field. Beto, an effeminate soyboy, was the Democrat's first 21st century attempt to re-create "the Bubba vote."

More than anything, his obsessive, ridiculous, and over the top rhetoric on gun control sealed Beto's fate, and killed his campaign. O’Rourke’s remarkable plunge in popularity on the national stage threatened his future viability as a statewide candidate in Texas.

More than anything, his obsessive, ridiculous, and over the top rhetoric on gun control sealed Beto's fate, and killed his campaign. O’Rourke's remarkable plunge in popularity on the national stage threatened his future viability as a statewide candidate in Texas.

==Life and career==

==Life and career==

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==External link==

==External links==

*[https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2018/08/23/texas-senate-challenger-beto-orourke-shady-past-corruption-cronyism-no-ones-talking/?utm_source=rsmorningbriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl The Beto O'Rourke corruption chronicles]

*[https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2018/08/23/texas-senate-challenger-beto-orourke-shady-past-corruption-cronyism-no-ones-talking/?utm_source=rsmorningbriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl The Beto O'Rourke corruption chronicles]