Beto O'rourke is already marketing...

[brooklynite]

https://store.betoorourke.com/hell-yes-were-going-to-take-your-ar-15-unisex-womens-styles/

[Celerity]

1. this is madness electorally in this fucked up gunner country nt

[crazytown]

8. And clever politics for the candidate.

[Celerity]

10. certainly not clever for Beto

He has basically zero chance to win the nomination, and this will be a BIG strike against for the VP slot with the risk-adverse Biden. It will alienate him with the very group of voters (Midwest swing mods and cons, lunch bucket blue collar and rural whites) that Joe is basing a large part of his candidacy off of.

[crazytown]

11. It will win him more than he will lose ,

that is good politics for him.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. I agree completely! n/t

[zaj]

13. He's clearly not playing it safe.

More likely going for the young Bernie tile if movement builder.

[VarryOn]

20. He doesnt really have much to lose...

I really thought he'd be a factor, and he was initially in my top three candidates He needs something to shake up the race.

[BlueMississippi]

2. Go Beto!!! nt

[jcgoldie]

3. Good

I like Beto but even if he doesn't win, we need someone to skew this ridiculous gun conversation more to the left.

[madaboutharry]

4. These weapons should never have been legal,

not for a single day.

[napi21]

7. I agree with you, but I don't think any candidate should SAY IT!

Yes, that's deceitful, but everyone know or should know Democrats are all trying to stop all the shootings. Some voters may be attracted to vote for a Democrat, but when they hear "I'm going to take your gun!" they drop their dem. support instantly. I think that statement should remain a silent support.

[dalton99a]

5. Kick

[dlk]

6. Remember the Backlash When Machine Guns Became Illegal for Civilians?

There wasn’t any and it wasn’t the end of freedom or the Second Amendment. That’s paranoia talking. We’ve done it before, we can do it again. Great T-shirt, by the way.

[crazytown]

9. Two Ar-15s with 100 clips

kill more than a depression era fully automatic.

[James48]

12. That is a total losing message.

Unfortunately, America will reject that message and send Beto back to Texas alone.

Progress can be made, but that message won’t fly.

[AlexSFCA]

14. not clever marketing

dems are notoriously bad at marketing.
Better marketing would be to start with: hell yes, we will protect your right to bear arms; and hell yes we will protect your lives by taking away weapons of mass destruction from civilians.

[Garrett78]

16. The people who think AR-15s are acceptable aren't going to vote Dem no matter what.

As some analysts were saying tonight, the gun debate is changing. White women in the suburbs who might vote Dem aren't going to be deterred from voting Dem because Beto (or others) support taking away weapons of war.

[The Mouth]

22. I think that's the strongest argument. Period

Very few people who have, or want a high capacity high powered rifle are likely to vote for the Democratic candidate.

[Garrett78]

23. Boosting turnout among POC, young people and white suburban women should be the focus.

That's what will win the presidency. The notion that we need to focus on winning over Trump supporters is beyond absurd.

[YOHABLO]

17. Oh I love it. Mildly put, it will cause an insurrection among NRA enthusiasts.

[BeyondGeography]

18. Who's going to actually wear that?

[jcmaine72]

19. Certainly not the same people who wear MAGA hats

Although, I guess if someone really wanted to get a guaranteed rise out of just about anyone they encountered on the streets regardless of their political affiliation, not to mention just flat out confuse the bejesus out of one and all, they could wear both.

That would actually be kinda funny to see. Talk about sending mixed messages.

[McCamy Taylor]

24. I want it as a bumper sticker!