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'''Robert Francis O'Rourke,''' (''Celtic:'' '''Roibeárd Ó Ruairc''') called '''"Beto" O'Rourke''', even though he is not Hispanic, and was formerly known as '''Rob O'Rourke''' (born September 26, 1972).  He unsuccessfully ran for the [[Democrat]]ic presidential nomination in 2020, dropping out in 2019 months before the first primary.  Prior to that, he lost in his bid to represent [[Texas]] in the [[U.S. Senate]].  Previously he served from 2013 to 2019 as the [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Texas]]'s 16th congressional district, based in his native [[El Paso]], the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]]'s (DEA) headquarters for the [[Western Hemisphere]].<ref>https://www.dea.gov/el-paso-intelligence-center-epic</ref> Beto has received financial contributions from [[Jeffrey Epstein]].  

'''Robert Francis O'Rourke,''' (''Celtic:'' '''Roibeárd Ó Ruairc''') called '''"Beto" O'Rourke''', even though he is not Hispanic, and was formerly known as '''Rob O'Rourke''' (born September 26, 1972).  He unsuccessfully ran for the [[Democrat]]ic presidential nomination in 2020, dropping out in 2019 months before the first primary.  Prior to that, he lost in his bid to represent [[Texas]] in the [[U.S. Senate]].  Previously he served from 2013 to 2019 as the [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Texas]]'s 16th congressional district, based in his native [[El Paso]], the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]]'s (DEA) headquarters for the [[Western Hemisphere]].<ref>https://www.dea.gov/el-paso-intelligence-center-epic</ref> Beto has received financial contributions from [[Jeffrey Epstein]].  

O'Rourke, who supports the [[Green New Deal]], accepted $476,325 from the oil and gas industry after taking the "No Fossil Fuel Money" pledge,<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/executive-producer-of-new-beto-doc-carbon-based-fuels-rule-the-world-thats-not-going-to-change/</ref> making him the second-biggest recipient of fossil fuel money in Congress.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?ind=E01++</ref> Initially O'Rourke's [[white privilege]] propelled him into the top ranks of [[2020 presidential election|2020 Democratic presidential contenders]]; the more he spoke the more his poll numbers faltered. On November 1, 2019 Beto pulled the plug on his campaign which never really got off the ground.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (November 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/11/01/bye-bye-beto-a-look-back-at-beto-orourkes-flailed-failed-presidential-campaign/ Bye Bye Beto: A Look Back at Beto O’Rourke’s Flailed, Failed Presidential Campaign]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 1, 2019.</ref>

O'Rourke, who supports the [[Green New Deal]], accepted $476,325 from the oil and gas industry after taking the "No Fossil Fuel Money" pledge,<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/executive-producer-of-new-beto-doc-carbon-based-fuels-rule-the-world-thats-not-going-to-change/</ref> making him the second-biggest recipient of fossil fuel money in Congress.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?ind=E01++</ref> Initially O'Rourke's [[white privilege]] propelled him into the top ranks of [[2020 presidential election|2020 Democratic presidential contenders]]; the more he spoke the more his poll numbers faltered. On November 1, 2019, Beto pulled the plug on his campaign which never really got off the ground.<ref>Multiple references:

*Spiering, Charlie (November 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/11/01/bye-bye-beto-a-look-back-at-beto-orourkes-flailed-failed-presidential-campaign/ Bye Bye Beto: A Look Back at Beto O’Rourke’s Flailed, Failed Presidential Campaign]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

*Kirkwood, R. Cort (November 2, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/33925-beto-bounces-failed-burglar-quits-race-denounces-trump Beto Bounces. Failed Burglar Quits Race, Denounces Trump]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 2, 2019.</ref>

O'Rourke was elected to the first of his three terms in Congress in November 2012. Earlier in the year he had unseated the incumbent Representative Silvestre Reyes, a fellow Democrat. Before his congressional years, the [[business]]man O'Rourke represented District 8 on the El Paso City Council. Although El Paso ranks as America's 22nd largest city, if the Mexican City of Juarez were included in the metropolitan area, El Paso-Juarez would be the 5th largest city in America, ranked between [[Houston]] and [[Phoenix]].

O'Rourke was elected to the first of his three terms in Congress in November 2012. Earlier in the year, he had unseated the incumbent Representative Silvestre Reyes, a fellow Democrat. Before his congressional years, the [[business]]man O'Rourke represented District 8 on the El Paso City Council. Although El Paso ranks as America's 22nd largest city, if the Mexican City of Juarez were included in the metropolitan area, El Paso-Juarez would be the 5th largest city in America, ranked between [[Houston]] and [[Phoenix]].

Despite portraying himself as an "everyman," O'Rourke is more than twice as wealthy as Ted Cruz.<ref>Weissert, Will (October 10, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/10/beto-orourke-twice-wealthy-ted-cruz-net-worth-9-mi/ Despite everyman image, Beto O'Rourke twice as wealthy as Ted Cruz]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved October 11, 2018.</ref> During his campaign, he raised $70 million from Hollywood donors and spent $18 million on consultants despite promising not to spend any money on them.<ref>Mikelionis, Lukas (October 31, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/beto-orourke-spends-18m-on-consultancy-firm-despite-promising-not-to-hire-any-consultants Beto O'Rourke spends $18M on consultancy firm despite promising not to hire any consultants]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 31, 2018.</ref>

Despite portraying himself as an "everyman," O'Rourke is more than twice as wealthy as Ted Cruz.<ref>Weissert, Will (October 10, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/10/beto-orourke-twice-wealthy-ted-cruz-net-worth-9-mi/ Despite everyman image, Beto O'Rourke twice as wealthy as Ted Cruz]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved October 11, 2018.</ref> During his campaign, he raised $70 million from Hollywood donors and spent $18 million on consultants despite promising not to spend any money on them.<ref>Mikelionis, Lukas (October 31, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/beto-orourke-spends-18m-on-consultancy-firm-despite-promising-not-to-hire-any-consultants Beto O'Rourke spends $18M on consultancy firm despite promising not to hire any consultants]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 31, 2018.</ref>

==Presidential campaign==

==Presidential campaign==

[[File:Beto-O’Rourke-Signed-Vanity-Fair-Magazine-JSA-2020.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Beto's campaign was launched by the liberal [[MSM]] as the next Kennedy clone and white boy who would save the planet from Donald Trump. The campaign was DOA from the start.]]

[[File:Beto-O’Rourke-Signed-Vanity-Fair-Magazine-JSA-2020.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Beto's campaign was launched by the liberal [[MSM]] as the next Kennedy clone and white boy who would save the planet from Donald Trump. The campaign was DOA from the start.]]

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.

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 rollout 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 blunted by the upstart [[Pete Buttigieg]].  Former Congressman [[Barney Frank]] (D., Mass.) remarked 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>

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>}}

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]] 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 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>

After being confronted in Newtown, Connecticut, the site of the [[Sandy Hook]] shooting, by a mother over his disrespect for the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens, Beto dropped out.<ref>https://twitter.com/FOX61News/status/1189708065563725824</ref>

===Prophet of doom===

===Prophet of doom===

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.

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.

===Human trafficing, drugs, and immigration===

===Human trafficking, drugs, and immigration===

According to the [[DEA]], El Paso is a major hub for Mexican [[opioid]]s and [[methamphetamine]] en route to the rest of the United States.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/dhs-agents-bribed-let-drugs-illegal-aliens-u-s-el-paso-major-corridor-mexican-drugs/</ref>  In the Summer of 2019 the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released figures showing that the El Paso sector had a 1,588% increase in illegal immigrant apprehensions during the first month of 2019 compared to the first month of 2018. Most are come from [[Honduras]], [[Guatemala]] and [[El Salvador]].<ref>https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration/usbp-sw-border-apprehensions</ref>

According to the [[DEA]], El Paso is a major hub for Mexican [[opioid]]s and [[methamphetamine]] en route to the rest of the United States.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/dhs-agents-bribed-let-drugs-illegal-aliens-u-s-el-paso-major-corridor-mexican-drugs/</ref>  In the Summer of 2019 the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released figures showing that the El Paso sector had a 1,588% increase in illegal immigrant apprehensions during the first month of 2019 compared to the first month of 2018. Most are come from [[Honduras]], [[Guatemala]] and [[El Salvador]].<ref>https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration/usbp-sw-border-apprehensions</ref>

===Gay marriage===

===Gay marriage===

Beto has proposed rescinding tax exempt status of [[church]]es which do not recognized [[gay marriage]]. The liberal ''[[The Atlantic]]'' magazine has criticized O'Rourke's extreme stance, saying "O’Rourke’s stance—if played out to its end—would decimate the charitable sector."<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/beto-orourkes-pluralism-failure/599953/</ref>

Beto has proposed rescinding tax-exempt status of [[church]]es which did not recognize [[gay marriage]]. The liberal ''[[The Atlantic]]'' magazine has criticized O'Rourke's extreme stance, saying "O’Rourke’s stance—if played out to its end—would decimate the charitable sector."<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/beto-orourkes-pluralism-failure/599953/</ref>

===Women don’t jump on furniture===

===Women don’t jump on furniture===

Beto proposed a War Tax to tax non-military families.

Beto proposed a War Tax to tax non-military families.

===Post mortem on strategy===

===Post-mortem on strategy===

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.