Beto O'Rourke responds to a Trump supporter at a Town Hall

[brooklynite]

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[Iliyah]

1. K & R!

[Indykatie]

2. Beto is the Best I have Seen on the Campaign Trail When It Comes to Unscripted Responses

that are eloquent, smart, passionate and on point. He has so many gifts.

[JI7]

5. yes he is and it's helping our party as a whole.

[trueblue2007]

14. I LOVE BETO !!!!!!

[JI7]

3. that guy sure had a lot of difficulty speaking English

if he wants to stay in this country he should learn to speak properly.

and then maybe he would be able to understand why trump is a bigot which is clear for anyone who can understand the language.

[sdfernando]

7. Woah!

Please tell me you forgot to put that “sarcasm” thingy in your post.

[JI7]

8. of course, just going by their demands for others to speak English

[sdfernando]

11. I thought so. But you never know

With all the trolls and Russian infiltrators about.

[Polybius]

26. Can a troll even get to 74,000 posts?

I'm sure DU would have caught on by now.

[orleans]

28. lol! i was thinking the same thing

the poster joined in 2002 and back in those days i believe the term was "freeper" and they were "tombstoned" fairly quickly.

life seemed simpler back then.

[sdfernando]

29. I should pay attention to post counts!

I rarely look at that but I've duly cuffed and will pay more attention.

[cstanleytech]

27. Not even the English speak actual English anymore or atleast not how it was spoken during

Shakespeare's era.

[dalton99a]

10. +1

[IronLionZion]

17. He should be deported until he can learn to speak English correctly

then we may allow him back in after a rigorous vetting process, detention in a center, citizenship, etc. This needs to happen for everyone wearing Trump or MAGA attire.



I'll use the sarcasm tag but this is a reality for many nonwhite US citizens.

[NYMinute]

4. Beto rocks!!!! nt

[Perseus]

6. Very well done

And yes, those people avoid facts, unfortunately. I hope Beto convinced that one.

[Grokenstein]

13. Rush Limbaugh has spent decades spouting bigotry

...but as long as he never actually uses the n-word, he and his "dittoheads" nudge and wink at each other and say, "where's the proof?" because that is their narrow, specific-to-Rush standard.

These are people who have been conditioned to reject everything that challenges them as "fake news." I've boxed co-workers who came at me with neo-conservative and alt-right nonsense into a corner (rhetorically) only to find them spouting the same garbage the very next day. It is a cult, full stop. A very small few may break away at some point, but the majority will line up for the Flavor-Aid willingly.

If this boofball asks "how is Trump racist" at this point, he's just trolling. Or very,very stupid.

[sharedvalues]

23. Call them "suckers"

Beto was right on point with this guy- although I wish he would have said “That talking point about black unemployment? First, the president merely continued a trend that Obama mostly created. Obama should get credit for low unemployment. But second, that talking point is pushed at you by Fox and Limbaugh. Why? Because rightwing billionaires want to lie to you about racism so you’ll vote for this president who gives them tax cuts.”

Betos tone, however, was right on.

With your coworkers, you have to show them how they themselves are getting hurt. Talk about the tax cut on a credit card that they will pay for. Talk about how rightwing billionaires that own Fox and WSJ and Daily Caller and rightwing radio stations think they are suckers. How the billionaires are using them and lying to them and picking their pockets. How the billionaires laugh at them and call them “useful idiots”. That’s the way to persuade the typical white male trumper.

[Tiggeroshii]

9. I dont see him getting the nom but he would be a damn great vp

That was wonderful

[CTyankee]

16. I am wondering if that isn't really what he wants...

a chance to go around the country and spread the progressive ideas and wind up in a very good place when President Warren or Harris has had her two terms as President. Now that would be something I could dream of!

[Tiggeroshii]

25. He is young enough to be a great presidential candidate in 9 years

[Hulk]

12. Oh, we're working with the same set of facts.

It's just that those facts are not enough to persuade these morons. They want such proof as a photo of him in a KKK robe at a hanging rally...and I'm not even sure that is going to be enough.

You see...they don't want to accept the obvious facts that would be more than enough proof for anyone else. This buffoon has his head in the sand (or up his ass), and you are NOT going to convince him with the coward's daily examples of racist diatribe.
Gotta catch him using the "n word" at his rallies, or leading a gang of white supremacists chasing some minority down the street with torches blazing. Such dumb assholes are a complete waste of time.

Nice try Beto. You gave him his minute of fame to show all around him what a dense dumb ass he is.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

15. Racists think he's racist.

[MontanaMama]

18. Great point.

That’s why they love him so much. Like moths to a flame...an orange flame.

[lastlib]

19. And let's not forget his attacks on the Central Park Five.....

, calling for their DEATH, and REFUSING to apologize after they were exonerated. Absolutely despicable!

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[ooky]

20. Such an easy question to answer too. This guy is so typical of other Trumphumpers

I have encountered. Aside from the racism, he is repeating the same talking points I always seem to hear them rattling off. The "black and hispanic employment, wages on the rise", giving Trump credit for things he hasn't done, even as they display a lack of confidence as they stutter out this colossal glop, trying to recall word for word what they heard on Hannity. When I hear it I always first ask the Trumphumper to tell me which of Trump's policies he believes are responsible for these things, and invariably get the same "oh my gosh I'm not prepared to talk policy" look on their faces because they haven't got a clue what they are talking about. These are some of the dumbest of human species ever produced.

[cp]

21. Very good

and he was respectful of the questioner.

[Vegas Roller]

22. Biden-Beto 2020 yay! nt

[Gothmog]

24. Yeah for Beto

Beto was great in dealing with this idiot

[calimary]

30. Good. Those things need to be said. And repeated!

And then repeated some MORE!!!

[mahina]

31. Thank you. Beto is awesome.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

32. I hate it when people say black unemployment is

down. They say it like trump literally sat down and said, "how can I help black people?". Nothing is farther from the truth.

[JCMach1]

33. Beto rocking the mic like a vandal...

[essadaw]

34. K&R

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