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VIDEO: Beto Rambles About His 'Republican' Mom, But She Voted In Dem Primaries Since 2000

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2020 presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) has talked in the past about his mother being a lifelong Republican.

The problem?

She has voted in Democrat primaries since 2000.

What is this guy trying to pull?

From Free Beacon:

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Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke again referenced his “Republican” mother at a campaign event in Fort Madison, Iowa, despite the fact that she has voted in Democratic primaries in Texas since 2000.

O’Rourke has been going through the Hawkeye State after announcing his presidential campaign, and while he hasn’t developed all the specifics of his platform yet, he has generated a great deal of media attention.

Beto: “This campaign that we ran in Texas produced something far greater and more powerful than the sum of people or parts involved. Folks crossed party lines, and I know that personally because my mom, a Republican, voted for us in that election.

WATCH:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked to name Beto’s signature accomplishemnt while he was a member of Congress.

What happens next is pure Nancy.

She had nothing; no answer.

Pelosi: “Beto brought vitality to Congress…when he came, he came as a real champion for the environment. He got a great deal of support from the environmental community in his district, he won a primary on that subject.

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Pelosi: “And, also, he was a member of the Armed Services Committee, a strong member of the Armed Services Committee, which is very important for his district. In preserving our planet and protecting our people, they’re at least two areas in addition to his vitality in so many different ways.

WATCH:

At one point in his youth, Beto was actually in a couple of bands.

One was called was “Fragile Gang.” The other, “The Sheeps.”

You couldn’t make that up.

“Our persona was that we were a very famous band from New Zealand and we didn’t want people to know our true identities—that’s why we wore masks,” Ailbhe Cormack, the band’s bassist, tells Mother Jones. “I think people followed along with the mystery of it, but they knew who we were.”

During a concert, O’Rourke appeared on stage in a sheep mask and a onesie.

There’s proof.

WATCH:

The costumes apparently varied.

Here’s another video:

O’ Rourke thinks America needs to start over with new governing documents.

Throughout the two-hour interview — which was often interrupted by bystanders urging him to run for president — O’Rourke boomeranged between a bright-eyed hope that the United States will soon dramatically change its approach to a whole host of issues and a dismal suspicion that the country is now incapable of implementing sweeping change.

Beto: “I’m hesitant to answer it because I really feel like it deserves its due, and I don’t want to give you a — actually, just selfishly, I don’t want a sound bite of it reported, but, yeah, I think that’s the question of the moment: Does this still work. Can an empire like ours with military presence in over 170 countries around the globe, with trading relationships . . . and security agreements in every continent, can it still be managed by the same principles that were set down 230-plus years ago?

O’Rourke is vehemently opposed to building a wall on the southern border.

When asked how America can go about solving the crisis, Beto offered a poignant response: “I don’t know.”

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John Salvatore has been a Writer and Editor of multiple political blogs since early 2015. He earned his Master’s degree in Public Administration upon completion of a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science. A diehard Los Angeles Dodgers fan, John can be reached at [email protected].




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