Beto O’Rourke 2020 campaign megathread

[HAnnA MArin County]

He’s polling better against Individual-1 than Queen Kamala and the usual suspects on here are already writing him off. Why am I not surprised?

[HAnnA MArin County]

The last thing America needs is its own Macron. It's absolutely insane for a so called left wing party to nominate a Wall St lackey.

el oh el.

Has Saint Bernard still not released his tax returns? What's he hiding?

[HAnnA MArin County]

Beto O’rourke is the single most blatant example of a media-created candidate I have ever seen in my time following politics.

What the heck is his claim to fame?

In a matter of like a year he went from an unrecognized nobody in the house to a major national figure despite a failed senate bid.

Say what you may about Beto... But the single biggest farce is the notion that Beto is a media creation.  Its almost the exact opposite IMO.  Beto generated buzz for his out of nowhere rise to make the Texas Senate race so competitive... and with Rally's that were bigger than some of the biggest presidential rallies.

The Media was very late to the game in covering this.  And the media has been very reserved about Beto's Presidential Prospects.  In fact I think the media has been overly critical on overly tepid regarding Beto's potential Presidential run (compared to almost all of the other candidates).

Kamala is much more of the Media darling thus far. 

PREACH! MSNBC isn't even trying to hide the fact that they're in the tank for her. Deja vu from the 2008 primaries... *sigh*

Seeing the fear that Beto evokes in both the Trumptards and the BernieBros on here signals to me that he's clearly doing something right to trigger so many deplorables on both ends of the political spectrum.

#FeelTheBeto

[HAnnA MArin County]

Beto O’rourke is the single most blatant example of a media-created candidate I have ever seen in my time following politics.

What the heck is his claim to fame?

In a matter of like a year he went from an unrecognized nobody in the house to a major national figure despite a failed senate bid.

Say what you may about Beto... But the single biggest farce is the notion that Beto is a media creation.  Its almost the exact opposite IMO.  Beto generated buzz for his out of nowhere rise to make the Texas Senate race so competitive... and with Rally's that were bigger than some of the biggest presidential rallies.

The Media was very late to the game in covering this.  And the media has been very reserved about Beto's Presidential Prospects.  In fact I think the media has been overly critical on overly tepid regarding Beto's potential Presidential run (compared to almost all of the other candidates).

Kamala is much more of the Media darling thus far. 

PREACH! MSNBC isn't even trying to hide the fact that they're in the tank for her. Deja vu from the 2008 primaries... *sigh*

Seeing the fear that Beto evokes in both the Trumptards and the BernieBros on here signals to me that he's clearly doing something right to trigger so many deplorables on both ends of the political spectrum.

#FeelTheBeto

I'm not worried about Beto.

A sample of n=310 respondents said they supported Clinton 61-Sanders 34.

W/ Biden:
Biden - 35% of Clinton supporters and 15% of Sanders '16 supporters.
Sanders - 14% of Clinton supporters and 46% of Sanders '16 supporters.
Harris - 12% of Clinton supporters and 8% of Sanders '16 supporters.
Warren - 8% of Clinton supporters and 6% of Sanders '16 supporters.
O'Rourke - 8% of Clinton supporters and 2% of Sanders '16 supporters.

W/O Biden:
Sanders - 22% of Clinton supporters and 52% of Sanders '16 supporters.
Harris - 17% of Clinton supporters and 11% of Sanders '16 supporters.
Warren - 11% of Clinton supporters and 7% of Sanders '16 supporters.
O'Rourke - 9% of Clinton supporters and 3% of Sanders '16 supporters.

Also, O'Rourke does better with older voters (50+) rather than younger voters (18-49). With Biden, it's 8% and 4% respectively and without Biden, it's 11% and 5% respectively. Beto doesn't seem to be as much of a threat to Sanders that I thought he would be, at least not right now. And Harris does better with younger voters than older voters in this poll while past polls show the opposite.

Hi jfern! Hope all is well with you!

[HAnnA MArin County]

Beto is off to a good start after all- Raising $6.1 Million in the first 24 hours, topping Bernie's $5.5 Million.

Does this make him the frontrunner now?! Just more proof of how out of touch the Beltway media and the Beto haters are with the rest of the country.

*Paging jfern*

#BETO2020 #BetoDaysAreComing

[HAnnA MArin County]

Beto is off to a good start after all- Raising $6.1 Million in the first 24 hours, topping Bernie's $5.9 Million & Kamala's $1.5 Million.

Take it Berniebros.

They're probably going to be even more triggered and deplorable today on social media than they normally are. Brace yourselves!

Joe and Mika can take a seat now too after they devoted a whole segment to trashing him, only minutes later having to report this glorious breaking news.

[HAnnA MArin County]

Wow. r/politics is having a total meltdown right now.

Who is r/politics?

I think he means reddit, another popular gathering place for the deplorable BernieBros who attack everyone who is a millimeter to the right of Saint Bernard as Ann Coulter Incarnate. 

[HAnnA MArin County]

Well, the people saying he's an empty suit are obviously being disingenuous and are just butthurt that someone would dare pose a threat to Saint Bernard.

I like this poster ^^ #Preach

An empty suit like Beto Booker is going to get thrashed.

FTFY. Need some Preparation H for that butthurt?

Beto Trump might be is the most repulsive person running, though it's hard to beat Booker at that game.

Focus, alleged "progressive." Beto is not the enemy: Putin's puppet in the White House is.

Triggered BernieBros are just about as deplorable as the MAGAtards.

[HAnnA MArin County]

Not to sound like some stupid pundit, but I think winning grassroots support will pay off for him in the end. He obviously is planning something along the lines of his Senate campaign, just on a national scale. He doesn't have the major star power someone like Harris or Sanders does. Those two will always pull in massive attention.

That said, he could use the rallies to unveil his key planks, which may actually kill the three bbirds of grassroots support, media attention and policy specifics all in one. That would be the approach I'd take.

LoL yeah that must explain why he raised more money in 24 hours after his announcement than your candidate did. And how tonedeaf are you to say that he doesn't have star power? I thought that was you BernieBros' only line of attack on him was that he has too much celebrity power. Which is it?

To say that Kamala has star power but Beto doesn't sounds to me like #AlternativeFacts. Kamala is so overrated.

[HAnnA MArin County]

He raised $6.1 million in the first 24 hours. Stop moving goal posts to prop your Messiah up.

He lied about outraising Bernie. And anyways, those donors are totally maxed out and can't give again. Bernie has very few maxed out donors. No goal posts were moved. Only primary money should be counted over a year before any general election money can be spent.

Source? Reddit doesn't count. Keep telling yourself that though.

[HAnnA MArin County]

Beto is done, he didn't do any Town Halls, he just did campaigning. He needed more exposure than that.

Keep telling yourself that.

Looks like Beto has got some good people heading his campaign in South Carolina.
Here’s who’s running Beto O’Rourke’s South Carolina campaign
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke is forming his South Carolina campaign team, choosing veterans with ties to local elected officials whose endorsements would be considered coups in the Palmetto State.

The former U.S. congressman from Texas has selected Lauren Harper and Tyler Jones to serve as state director and senior adviser, respectively, according to an official announcement shared first with McClatchy.

Harper is a former policy and communications adviser to Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin, the city’s first black chief executive and current president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.