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BORN TO LOSE: Beto O’Rourke Eyes Trifecta of Political Failure
A failed gubernatorial campaign would make Beto one of the biggest losers in U.S. political history, just behind Hillary Clinton
Andrew Stiles • September 20, 2021 3:47 pm"I'm just born to be in it," failed Senate candidate Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke told Vanity Fair before he announced his failed campaign for president in 2019. He dropped out a few months later, after a series of Democratic primary polls showed him getting blown out by alternative options such as "None" and "Not Sure."
The news blog Axios reports that Beto continues to believe in his destiny and will attempt a rare trifecta of political failure by running a losing campaign for governor of Texas in 2022. An official announcement is expected later this year, followed by a concession speech shortly after polls close in November of next year.
Because Beto is running in Texas against a reviled Republican—Gov. Greg Abbott—he can count on the media to provide the same glowing coverage that accompanied his failed attempt to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) in 2018, when he raised almost $80 million that might otherwise have gone to candidates who had a realistic shot at winning.
Beto the Senate candidate was beloved by celebs and was constantly being compared to Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy. By contrast, the media coverage of Beto's failed presidential campaign—when he was running against other Democrats—was amusingly ruthless in its criticism of the candidate. Beto was widely dismissed as a "privileged" white dude with a "long history of failing upward" and no legitimate rationale for running apart from his boundless ego.
It will be similarly amusing to watch the media change their tune once again and pretend that Beto has a chance to win in Texas, when all available evidence suggests otherwise. During his failed presidential campaign, for example, Beto tried his best to achieve a statistically significant level of support by embracing a number of extreme left-wing positions that will terrify a lot of Texas voters.
Launching a statewide campaign in Texas is an especially bold move for a candidate who made gun confiscation a central issue in the Democratic primary. Beto's campaign even sold shirts that featured one of his most memorable debate lines: "Hell yes, we're going to take your AR-15."
In a subsequent interview with Morning Joe, Beto said he would send law enforcement officials to seize guns from Texas ranchers and other citizens who refused to relinquish them. Even Democratic voters seemed put off by his obsession with taking away people's guns. Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W. Va.), meanwhile, suggested Beto's extreme position on guns was "very harmful" to the Democratic Party.
As a candidate for president, Beto also proposed a $5 trillion climate change bill modeled after the controversial "Green New Deal," cosponsored by socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.). Even House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) thought the legislation was a bit too extreme, so it's safe to assume that the median Texas voter won't be eager to embrace a similar proposal.
Beto, who has consistently struggled to win over minority voters, will face an uphill battle in 2022 after the Republican Party experienced a surge of support from Hispanic voters in Texas during the 2020 election, especially among communities near the border with Mexico. It's also a midterm election year, which typically does not bode well for the party in power in Washington, D.C.
A recent poll found Beto trailing Abbott by 5 points—37 percent to 42 percent—in a hypothetical matchup, which is slightly larger than Beto's margin of defeat against Cruz, one of the least likable politicians in the country, in 2018.
A failed gubernatorial campaign would make Beto one of the biggest losers in U.S. political history, just behind Hillary Clinton.
Report: Beto O’Rourke Eyes Political Comeback in Texas Gubernatorial Race
Beto O’Rourke, former Texas Democrat representative and failed presidential candidate, is preparing to run against Gov. Greg Abbott (R) next year in the gubernatorial race, according to political operatives who told Axios.
The failed presidential candidate looking to make a political comeback is allegedly looking to make an announcement later this year and has reportedly been making calls to his political allies seeking advice, giving the impression he is running for the job.
O’Rourke’s former House chief of staff and a longtime adviser, David Wysong, told Axios, “No decision has been made … He has been making and receiving calls with people from all over the state.”
A recent poll from the Dallas Morning News showed Abbott with a lead on O’Rourke in a hypothetical poll, 42 to 37 percent.
Texas’s Democrat party chair Gilberto Hinojosa told Axios, “We hope that he’s going to run… “We think he’ll be our strongest candidate. We think he can beat Abbott because he’s vulnerable.”
Hinojosa added that Abbott’s “prohibition against mask and vaccination mandates have not gone over well with Texans. And with the abortion law, Republicans have raised the anger level of Texas woman higher than anyone has ever seen before.”
The report notes that there have been “deep cultural differences” in Texas on responding to the Chinese coronavirus and other issues such as abortion rights and border security.
Abbott recently signed a bill into law making abortions six weeks after conception illegal, which has angered the left. The governor also tried to ban local authorities from creating mask mandates and “called for six points of entry in Texas to be closed” due to the ongoing border crisis.
In 2018, Abbott defeated his opponent with over 55 percent of the vote, despite Democrats hoping to flip Texas. Former President Donald Trump won the state last year with 52 percent of the vote and roughly the same margin in 2016.
When Abbott won reelection in 2018, O’Rourke lost to Sen. Ted Cruz (R), 51 to 48 percent.
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Haitian Camp Crisis Brings Chaos to Two Small Cities on Texas-Mexico Border
DEL RIO, Texas — The crisis unfolding at a makeshift camp of nearly 15,000 mostly Haitian migrants under the Del Rio International Bridge has a devastating impact on the local community of Del Rio, Texas. Although mostly out of the public eye due to the remote location of the camp, residents are feeling the impact in the small Texas town. The closure of ports of entry leading to Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico, forced many local businesses in Del Rio to operate with fewer employees.
As in other cities along the border, Del Rio and Acuna have a symbiotic relationship based on legitimate cross-border trade and travel. The back-and-forth daily crossings between the border cities keep both economies working in harmony. Hundreds of United States citizens and legal permanent residents live in Mexico and commute daily to work and shop in Del Rio. Many Del Rio residents cross into their sister city in Mexico for doctor visits or to shop and dine.
Breitbart Texas spoke to a restaurant manager in Del Rio on Saturday who explained he lost half of his staff due to the closure of Del Rio’s ports of entry.
“My workers are not going to drive to Piedras Negras, nearly 60 miles away, to cross the border and drive an additional hour just to come to work. The money for gas and the time spent in line at a bridge there doesn’t work for them,” the restauranteur explained.
Within hours of our conversation, the restaurant closed to the public as did several others in Del Rio. The restaurants closed to prepare meals for the nearly 15,000 migrants held in the camp along the banks of the Rio Grande.
Breitbart Texas spoke to residents that live along the banks of the Rio Grande near the camp who say they are on their own when it comes to security. The Border Patrol and many state and local law enforcement authorities have dedicated most of their resources to providing security and humanitarian aid to the camp’s population of migrants.
This leaves more than 200 miles of border completely open and unguarded by the Border Patrol. Breitbart Texas witnessed multiple illegal border crossings on Saturday that met no resistance from authorities. The residents in the Vega Verde neighborhood of Del Rio say the Border Patrol is no longer patrolling the area and cannot respond to the illegal entries in their community due to the crisis unfolding at the camp.
Residents in the area also rely on Texas Highway Patrol troopers and the Texas National Guard to help when they can. That help is now gone having been redirected to the camp to augment the Border Patrol.
On Saturday, dozens of residents rallied near the shuttered Del Rio International Bridge holding signs critical of the Biden administration’s handling of the humanitarian crisis. Other signs held by the demonstrators expressed support for the Border Patrol and local law enforcement officers dealing with the crisis unfolding at the camp. For several hours the protesters waved flags as passers-by honked car horns in support of the messaging.
Randy Clark is a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol. Prior to his retirement, he served as the Division Chief for Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for nine Border Patrol Stations within the Del Rio, Texas, Sector. Follow him on Twitter @RandyClarkBBTX.
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