Buttigieg and O'Rourke trade jabs

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[FreeState]

1. And Pete is right n/t

[Otto Lidenbrock]

2. Political equivalent of an undercard

[TidalWave46]

3. Seems a bit petty but I'm not going to watch.

The host of the show is the one providing the quotes. There is probably some good stuff in there. I'm sure he is also promoting the most dramatic hand-picked quotes he can.

A lot would have to happen for me to not like O'Rourke or Buttigieg. I simply like them both a lot.

[Act_of_Reparation]

4. Does Buttigieg see himself as being somehow significantly more relevant than Beto?

Fascinating.

[oldsoftie]

5. I see him as such. Beto was a flash in the pan.

Pete keeps rising; O'Rourke has been stagnant. Buttigieg is also more in tune with reality.

[Celerity]

6. based off of polls he is

If Beto wants to go head to head based off intellectual firepower, it wont end well either.

[cwydro]

8. Boom.

Thank you.

[liskddksil]

11. Polls change. Leaders lead. Cowards cower. nt

[Celerity]

12. the polls did change, Beto has fallen for months

Also, taking cheap potshots will not help him, ask Harris, Gabbard, Delaney, Castro

[Tipperary]

17. Pete is no coward.

Can you point me to Beto’s military record?

Oh never mind, he was a nanny during those years.

[liskddksil]

18. Who said anything about the military? Beto did the hard work when no-else would

and Texas is a battle-ground because of it. That's leadership.

[Tipperary]

19. Ha.

What about the time he wanted to demolish a poor neighborhood to build a Walmart?

Real leadership there.

You used the word coward in your post btw.

[dalton99a]

22. +1. Beto stood up against Trump and the media and spoke for millions

while the mayor was busy collecting corporate donations

[Act_of_Reparation]

13. If you say so.

Neither one of them is a likely contender at present. Maybe I expect too much humility from my candidates, but if I were polling under 10% nationally I wouldn't be touting my relevancy like that.

[Celerity]

14. Beto is in a far lower position, and Buttigieg is going give as good as he gets. He is far from

being non-humble, in fact he has been one of the most humble of all of them, but he is not a person who is going to get rolled.

[Mosby]

7. Mayor Pete screwed up

By calling buyback programs ‘confiscation’.

He should be called out.

Eta:

Link to tweet

[Celerity]

9. erm, mandatory buybacks under the threat of armed LEO's if one refuses is confiscation

you can pretty it up any way you wish, but the word fits

[Mosby]

10. I think it's unnecessarily hyperbolic.

And like Senator Booker said, it just gives the right ammo.

[Celerity]

20. Booker's statement left out MANDATORY, which makes it look like Pete injected a false description,

which he most assuredly did not.



Under Beto's plan, if you do not voluntarily turn them in, then you are going to be charged under a criminal code, with a crime when you are caught by the police with them in your possession, and they will be CONFISCATED under the threat of deadly force (ie the police/LEO's of jurisdiction.)

[peggysue2]

15. Not sure why Buttigieg is being criticized for this

Mandatory buyback programs would absolutely be confiscation. Yes, the gun owner is payed for the weapon but there's no option--take it or leave it but the weapon is removed. In a friendly way or not so friendly way.

[BeyondGeography]

16. Calls small donors "pocket change"

"This is legit insulting to the millions of folks who are participating in the process and giving what they can. And -- it should be noted -- small-dollar donors powered the two candidates who out raised Pete last quarter," tweeted progressive strategist Rebecca Katz.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/campaign/465738-progressives-fume-at-buttigieg-warn-him-not-to-attack-warren-at-debate%3famp

[dalton99a]

23. Little people don't count in the McKinsey world

[cwydro]

21. Funny how Beto only picks on another low polling candidate.

He wouldn’t dare to mess with Biden or Warren,

[liskddksil]

24. Beto is responding to Pete's continued misleading statements and cheap shots about his

policies which are supported by a majority of Americans and those in key states like Texas.