Remember Beto O’Rourke’s “I’m just born to be in it” Vanity Fair magazine cover?
Well, the current Democratic candidate for Texas governor probably hopes you’ve forgotten it. After all, he eventually admitted that the pretentious cover and accompanying interview did much to torpedo his absurd dreams of occupying the Oval Office. But it suggests a pattern of ostentatious political stunts, and O’Rourke apparently hasn’t learned his lesson.
On Wednesday afternoon, he interrupted Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s press conference on the Uvalde school shooting to shout and rave at those assembled. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who was present, told him he was “out of line and an embarrassment,” and Sen. Ted Cruz told him to “sit down.”
O’Rourke’s stunt was pretty universally panned, and now a CBS News reporter is confirming that it certainly appeared he had staged the interruption.
CBS News’ Janet Shamlian was present at the presser and noted that it appeared as if O’Rourke had sent in “seat holders” to occupy some chairs in the front row. She noticed that they quickly vacated them when O’Rourke showed up to make a spectacle of himself.
.@JanetShamlian reports on Beto O’Rourke confronting Gov. Abbott during presser: "There were two people across the aisle from me and a moment before the press conference started, they got up from their seats when Beto walked in … This seems something very clearly staged." pic.twitter.com/eaAxrZP6Gt
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 25, 2022
Reporting on the incident, Shamlian described how the whole thing went down from her vantage point in the third row.
“Well, I did see what happened just before the press conference started,” she explained. “I was in the third aisle—row —third row on the aisle, rather, and there were two people across the aisle from me and a moment before the press conference started, they got up from their seats when Beto walked in.”
Sounds awfully fishy.
Shamlian continued: “So they were seat holders for him. And then he sat down, so his presence wasn’t really noticed in the 15 or 20 minutes that people were gathering inside because he was not in the room. So this seems something very clearly staged by Beto O’Rourke and his campaign wanting to confront the governor at this moment.”
O’Rourke’s stunt is unlikely to win him many admirers, and his grandstanding during a somber event was tasteless in the extreme.
“You are doing nothing,” O’Rourke shouted at Gov. Abbott, in what seemed like almost scripted remarks. “You said this was not predictable—this was totally predictable, and you choose not to do anything.”
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin was clearly not happy with the preening politician’s interruption and immediately shouted him down.
“Sir, you are out of line,” he said. “Please leave this auditorium. I can’t believe you’re a sick son of a b-tch who would come to a deal like this to make a political issue.”
“He needs to get his a– out of here.”
If you have the stomach for it, you can see Beto O’Rourke’s disgraceful behavior in the video above.
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Of course, it was clear from the start he was using this tragedy for political posturing. What kind of person does that?
BETO is an absolute low life scumbag!!!
Buto is proving he really is Alfred E. Newman and Howdy Dooty combined. Nor does he understand the constitution. Some people this week will hate me because I paraphrased something, The value of a right is in proportion to its social cost and there are social costs to seven of the ten amendments of the Bill of Rights. Even if just the time and costs of conducting trials.
No thanks. He should go give breast milk to babies.
The only people dumber than Robert Francis are those who vote for him!
When one has no worthy ideas, endless lying, coupled with aggressively stupid behavior is what the dems employ. Who, in their right mind, would vote for any of them?
Illegal aliens that don’t speak English.
Beto O’Rourke the Professional Candidate, No Job just keeps running for offices that no one in their right mind would vote him into. His actions at this press conference is even his usual stupidity. Someone need to take him out back and beat the hell out of him
What a SICK SOB – HE is one who should NEVER be allowed to possess a GUN!! Where does he get his funding?? I’ve proposed an END to the dark money in our elections!! Campaign donations should be allowed to come from ONLY those people who are to be REPRESENTED!! City races = CITY RESIDENTS! County races = COUNTY RESIDENTS! House Districts = DISTRICT RESIDENTS!! Senate = State Residents! National = AMERICAN CITIZENS – NO PACS, NO CORPORATIONS! Put the candidates back on the streets and knocking on doors!! Way PAST time to stop the BUYING of Offices!!
Only a fool would vote for Beto for anything. He is a low-class clown who couldn’t do the job if he were elected. He’s a disgrace to the most immoral corrupt political party in IS history – Democrats.
The Lefty Loonies loved his stunt.
What an absolute disgrace. The only thing “predictable” is that Beto would do something like this to try and gain political favor. Wow, I don’t know how people like this can honestly live with themselves. But, then again, I guess when you don’t have to work for a living because your in-laws are mega-rich and can fund your insensitive actions like this then anything is possible. This low life shouldn’t ever be allowed into any office much less a public one. I wish he’d do Texas a favor and just move to CA or NY where he would fit right in. I wonder how many democrats, that are planning on voting for him, honestly think that he is hispanic ha ha. I’m sure there are many of them that have no clue he is a self-centered, mega-wealthy white guy. His actions are a very sad display of exactly what is wrong with our country today.
Much of your description sounds like Beto and John Kerry are related. The only difference is that Kerry married into money. He bills the USA for using his private jet to travel around the world. just another low-class Democrat.
Now Biden is flying down there for political gain too. He’s not going to leave without his “I almost flunked out of law school but know better than you about the 2nd Amendment”. Jill better make sure he isn’t wearing his watch.
Biden is going to make it a political statement. There will be no sincerity in his words. He will probably once again use the death of his son Beau in his comments to the grieving parents. He’s done that before too.
While Biden is there, he ought to take the opportunity to visit the border. It isn’t far from there.
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Beto’s history is as empty as his political philosophy. He has never held a job for more than a few months. He lived off of his father and his wife who supports the family. Playing at politics with campaign contributions is how he supplements his lifestyle. He was constantly in trouble with the law as a young man and kid. His father was a judge and was quite the joke among lawyers in the El Paso courthouse because his dad was always up there using his connections and influence to get his son out of the scrapes he got into. He just announced that he supported the 2nd amendment a few weeks ago, after saying, “hell yes we comin’ for your guns!”
Now he jumps in blaming Abbott for the town of Uvalde not following the plan to secure the school. All doors are supposed to be locked. The SRO officer is supposed to be checking those doors and responding to anyone entering. The PD was supposed to go right in after the shooter. Instead, it was almost an hr. later before a tactical squad showed up. Abbott had no control over that. But the truth is not Beto’s thing. In fact, the only time he went by the name Beto was when his mama was calling him as a small child, and when he decided to run for office.
It was shameful.
The bodies were still warm, the number of dead and injured victims weren’t yet confirmed, families waiting for notification and identification of the victims was not complete.
Beto took a horrible tragedy and tried to use it for political gain.
As soon as Beto heard the news, he rushed there to interrupt, harass and get himself publicity, not to show support and empathy for the victims and their families.
Beto tried to place blame for this on others instead of where it belonged.
The shooter is the one responsible for this.
Not firearms, not government, the shooter is the only person to blame.
Texans will remember how he tried to capitalize on this horrific attack on our young, vulnerable children. He can’t walk this back. I didn’t see or hear him consoling victims and families. He wasn’t sincere in his outburst.
Simple fact is that a good guy with a gun is the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun. We need our schools to be secure and having more well trained adults on staff carrying concealed would go a long way to stopping these people before they can reach the children.
Robert Francis O’Rourke is a donkey. He has no place in the political scene, even as a loser. His level of competence is pushing a broom!!
That is why he a member of the jackass political party. No need to wonder any longer about why the Democrats chose a jackass as the logo/mascot. They have demonstrated that fact over and over. Beto just proved it again.
He’s also a part of the “defund the police” movement. No doubt the good people of Texas will send him to the dustbin of history in November.
Baby Beto is a total embarrassment to the State of Texas. Get him out of the political scene. He doesn’t belong there!
Of course it was. Wussy boy Beatoff only performs for cameras.
CBS has an opening for a new reporter.
She will probably change her political affililation now because Im sure shes gonna be fired for giving up the wussie boy. Theres a time and place for everything. Beto hasnt learned the diff. as of yet. His mom probably never shut him up when he interrupted a convo. I wish he could unhinge himself from himself.