Posted on 03/10/2019 8:15:56 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The Club for Growth sees the ex-Texas congressman as a serious threat to Donald Trump, and they're treating him accordingly.
A prominent conservative group is thrusting itself into the Democratic primary with a TV ad assailing Beto O’Rourke — a move that comes as Republicans consider a broader campaign to meddle in the opposing party's contest to take on President Donald Trump.
The anti-tax Club for Growth is expected to begin airing a two-minute commercial in Iowa this week aimed at dampening liberal support for O’Rourke, who's expected to enter the race any day. The spot paints the former Texas congressman as a politician dripping with "white male privilege" who's undeserving of the comparisons he's drawing to Barack Obama.
“With a charmed life like his, you can never really lose,” the ad concludes. “That’s why Beto’s running for president — because he can.”
The offensive represents the GOP’s first concerted effort to wreak havoc in the Democratic race, and it arrives as senior Republicans have begun deliberating how the party should seek to influence the Democratic primary. With President Donald Trump’s job approval mired in the low- to mid-40s, Republicans are starting to focus on ensuring he faces as weak a candidate as possible.
The decision to go after O’Rourke, whose spokesman didn't respond to a request for comment, reflects a fear that he would mobilize the millennial and suburban voters who powered the Democratic 2018 House takeover and imperil Trump’s reelection. Republicans would be at risk of losing Texas if O'Rourke is the Democratic standard bearer, said Club for Growth President David McIntosh.
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Ping.
Beto has a VERY active ground organization, all across the country.
Both Beto and Biden seem to be draggin’ their feet to the podium speech that will start their campaigns.
Some of Beto’s people are beginning to wonder what his plan is. Supposedly, he has already made a decision, but is now keeping it a secret.
Funny. DJT mired at apporoval in the mid-40% range with 100% anti-Trump media coverage. So we are terrified of a fake Mexican. There’s to many people out there smoking way too much weed or crack or both.
Waitin to see if Hillary flops/lies and jumps in.
Beto, Biden, and the B1tch
BBAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH....is “meddle” like COLLUSION!!!???
That’s what elections do. Hillary meddled in the DNC primaries to ensure she got the nomination, yet I didn’t hear the press pontificate about that.
SO, if Club for Growth equals GOP, does Emily’s List equal Democrat Party?
Since when is Club for Growth an actual part of the official republican party?
Its a conservative group. Its not a part of the actual republican party, its a separate entity.
Are they going to call every liberal group that goes after republicans, part of the democrat party?
Watch this, its deliberate smearing.
Democrats don’t need outside forces to meddle in Republican primaries
they have 95% of the media to do that for them
What’s hilarious, is that the media itself is what caused Trump to be elected.
First, by giving him almost unlimited airtime in the primaries because they thought he would be the easiest to beat. (Almost 100% chance that this was coordinated by the Hillary team)
Second, with their fake polls showing that Hillary couldn’t lose, causing what I would guess many of her voters to stay home, and Hillary herself believing the polls and deciding she didn’t need to come out of her drunken stupor more than once or twice a week during the general election campaign
Then the media spent a whole 5-6 hours on Nov. 9 wondering “What went wrong?” before doubling down on their hate for Trump with the Hillary Team created “Russia, Russia, Russia” schtick
Clun For Growth = RINOs, Bushies, Koch Brothers, etc.
The Club for Socialist Growth
They are achieving that goal.
I want to know about his use of illegal drugs like marijuana. I want to know about when he was bumming around New York with his daddy’s money. I want to know why he doesn’t want a border for this sovereign nation. We have a right to know. But wait until your hear Robert’s communist positions. They call him Beto Guevara in Texas.
Ha.I believe “the beto” would take himself down given a little time.
Not even a conservative group, Club for Bush League Republicans and Cheap Labor Express stooges is more like it.
Whitey O'Rourke is ridin' on Psychojawea Warren's train.
He still should not be under-estimated.
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