| | As Beto's poll numbers tumbled, after the [[El Paso Walmart shooting]] by a crazed [[leftist]] who blamed Mexicans for impeding [[universal basic income]], [[universal healthcare]] and not re-cycling plastics,<ref>https://www.paypervids.com/alleged-el-paso-texas-walmart-shooter-manifesto/</ref> Beto cursed out President Trump with the most vile, profane invective. Beto's widely publicized hate filled rants, accusing Trump supporters of being racists and [[white supremacist]]s,<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/04/beto-orourke-trump-white-supremacist/</ref> cost Beto one of three supporters in polls the following week.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/08/08/beto-orourke-less-one-percent-support-iowa/</ref> [[CNN]] published an op-ed rant of his against ''[[Fox news]]'', [[Breitbart]], Sinclair Media, the [[NRA]], Trump supporters and [[white supremacy]]. In a much touted umpteenth effort to bootstrap his failing campaign built on [[identity politics]], Beto said, {{quotebox|"When we allow this country to be defined along lines of race, ethnicity, and religion, the end of that road is the end of this idea of America."<ref>https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1162052063934713857</ref>}} | | As Beto's poll numbers tumbled, after the [[El Paso Walmart shooting]] by a crazed [[leftist]] who blamed Mexicans for impeding [[universal basic income]], [[universal healthcare]] and not re-cycling plastics,<ref>https://www.paypervids.com/alleged-el-paso-texas-walmart-shooter-manifesto/</ref> Beto cursed out President Trump with the most vile, profane invective. Beto's widely publicized hate filled rants, accusing Trump supporters of being racists and [[white supremacist]]s,<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/04/beto-orourke-trump-white-supremacist/</ref> cost Beto one of three supporters in polls the following week.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/08/08/beto-orourke-less-one-percent-support-iowa/</ref> [[CNN]] published an op-ed rant of his against ''[[Fox news]]'', [[Breitbart]], Sinclair Media, the [[NRA]], Trump supporters and [[white supremacy]]. In a much touted umpteenth effort to bootstrap his failing campaign built on [[identity politics]], Beto said, {{quotebox|"When we allow this country to be defined along lines of race, ethnicity, and religion, the end of that road is the end of this idea of America."<ref>https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1162052063934713857</ref>}} |
| − | After being confronted publicly by a mother over his gun seizure plan, Beto dropped out.<ref>https://twitter.com/FOX61News/status/1189708065563725824</ref> | + | After being confronted in Newtown, Connecticut, the site of the [[Sandy Hook]] shooting, by a mother over over his disrespect for the constitutional rights of law abiding citizens, Beto dropped out.<ref>https://twitter.com/FOX61News/status/1189708065563725824</ref> |