Beto O’Rourke 2020 campaign megathread

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https://twitter.com/DavidLauter/status/1120440021935427602

[Rookie Yinzer]

Yeah, Beto is done

LOL.

[Rookie Yinzer]

Maybe, Just Maybe, O'Rourke is a genuinely unimpressive trustfund baby who gained an unwarranted national profile from a slobbering media that hated Ted Cruz? Now that there are other shiny objects for democratic voters, his whole schtick isn't selling anymore

Maybe just maybe half the people in this thread are overreacting and the vast majority of the people who will vote in the primary don't even know or care what's going on?

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https://twitter.com/ChrisEvans_TX/status/1121086141745324034

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https://twitter.com/davelevinthal/status/1121106076529831937

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https://twitter.com/PatrickSvitek/status/1122848048504279041

[Rookie Yinzer]

This is NOT an attempt to CHEAT and the PENCE RLY guy really NEEDS to LEARN to not overuse the CAPS LOCK button, but I expect he WONT because he’s stupid ENOUGH to believe this is A poll TAX.

Yes it is. Stop gaslighting.

[Rookie Yinzer]

This privileged white guy shouldn't be near our nomination, not that he has to worry at the moment.

https://twitter.com/Bravewriting/status/1127267265873711105

This is a reach. Just because someone has D on their name doesn't mean they are for Democratic values. I see nothing wrong with what he said.

[Rookie Yinzer]

He did not endorse or campaign for him though. Ortiz-Jones blaming Beto for her loss (when Allred and Fletcher won more Republican districts) is not worthy of an attack.

[Rookie Yinzer]

His town hall was pretty good. This slump can be attributed to him ignoring national outlets and Biden getting in. He is down but not out.

[Rookie Yinzer]

Beto probably made a mistake not running for Senate, he isn't President material right now and especially would have trouble winning in such a large field, but he would have been a good candidate to run against Cornyn. However once he loses his presidential bid he will be too tainted and his electability in a Texas Senate race would be greatly reduced. That said, Hegar is a strong candidate so this race isn't Safe R.

I disagree. Him running and losing a 2020 Senate race would have been terrible for him. He can easily run in 2024 for Senate and have another Presidential run in him later. What is Ted Cruz going to do? Paint him as a loser who ran for President and failed? That would describe him too! Beto is fine no matter how this turns out.

Let’s be honest. He’s a white man. He will be able to go away and reintroduce himself fairly easily.

[Rookie Yinzer]

O'Rourke's slump can be attributed to the fact that he is a total media creation and without 24/7 media fellation people have discovered he is a pathetic trust fund baby with no skills or accomplishments

Says a Trump supporter.

[Rookie Yinzer]

He really should have just run for senate again.

Two massive bids for the same office in consecutive cycles and losing both looks terrible. He can run in 2024. Jeanne Shaheen waited and won a rematch.

[Rookie Yinzer]

Beto should also campaign some in Florida.  Many Dems will have bad matchup numbers vs Trump in the all important Florida.... Beto is a candidate that could potentially gain some strength in vs Trump in Florida (even if he is lower in the Florida Primary polls).

There’s no point. The narrative will be set by the time Florida votes. If he can’t make something happen in Iowa, Nevada, California, or Texas it’s over.

[Rookie Yinzer]

It's sad - because he could have a nearly-safe win against Corryn - but he's shooting for an office that he's just not going to earn, yet.

The only reason the race with cruz was close is because cruz is unpopular. Beto would lose by 10 points against John and 15 against Abbott

Ted Cruz is not unpopular in Texas and the 2018 electorate was more Republican than 2016.

[Rookie Yinzer]

https://twitter.com/PatrickSvitek/status/1139154077365997568

[Rookie Yinzer]

I hope Beto rebounds. He's so much better than most of the other candidates (granted, that's a low bar - there's only 5-6 at most whom I'd even consider at this point).

This dude has literally no reason to be President. He's a young dude who's only notable achievement is being a house member for 6 years and losing to Ted Cruz. Also I guess being a tall white guy if that counts as an achievement.

He’s got as much reason as anyone not named Biden, Bernie, or Warren.

What's his reason? He has no reason, people weren't excited about him they were excited about a democrat coming close in Texas. Come on he is literally the same exact candidate as the majority of the field 

What is anybody’s reason? He is at least 35 years old and was born here. He can run. Go look at his platforms. He doesn’t need to meet your standards before he makes a decision for himself. If the voters decide they want someone/something else and he loses the primary then he loses. There doesn’t need to be some grand, eloquent case for why he’s running. LOL.

[Rookie Yinzer]

Ew. No.

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1143099867897716736

[Rookie Yinzer]

Castro ate him for dinner. Oof!

[Rookie Yinzer]

Beto is telegenic and is a good fundraiser, but that's not enough to be a contender for the presidential nomination.  He'd be a good replacement for Tom Perez as DNC chair after 2020 (while prepping for a 2024 rematch with Cruz), but probably the most he can hope for.

Biden with his ancient, dry, and uninspiring campaign sucked all the air out of the room. Beto should run for Senate in 2024. Cruz will still be an unpopular rodent, Presidential turnout will be a factor, and TX will be a couple more cycles in their transition to becoming blue.

[Rookie Yinzer]

No fundraising totals yet? When is the deadline for it to be publicly released? 👀

[Rookie Yinzer]

Is it safe to say that his presidential campaign has ruined his chances of jumping into TX-SEN should he (inevitably) end his campaign?

In 2024 for a rematch against Cruz when the collective memory has likely forgotten this run? Unlikely

This is when he needs to run. He needs to dedicate the next few years advocating for an issue (think Abrams and voter suppression) and then jump in then. TX will be another cycle closer to becoming purple/blue, Cruz will still be a miserable cretin, and he will have Pres-level turnout on his side. He'll be fine.

[Rookie Yinzer]

https://twitter.com/PatrickSvitek/status/1150568879497916416

We really need a anti-PC Democrat who has the guts to say 'Who cares/So what' to stuff like this. It's so absurd he has to answer for stuff like this when he has no control over it.

Literally no one asked him to address this. He’s virtue signaling. Black people outside of the intelligentsia cohort on Twitter do not care...