Posted on 02/10/2021 6:29:59 AM PST by Red Badger
When a senile disaster like Joe Biden is president, I guess you have to savor the small victories. I suppose this counts as one for people who have any respect at all for the Second Amendment.
Jen Psaki revealed yesterday that Beto O’Rourke will not, in fact, become the White House “gun czar” after Biden had previously made a very public promise to that effect. Here are the original statement and the latest shift.
Biden last March: "I’m going to guarantee you this is not the last you’ve seen of him." He told Biden, "you’re going to take care of the gun problem with me."
When I asked @PressSec about @BetoORourke today, she confirmed "he doesn’t have any official role."
— Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) February 9, 2021
Poor Beto. He started his rise to prominence by getting beaten by Ted Cruz in 2018. With his Senate dreams crushed, the press then started to rehabilitate him, at which point we found out the dude’s dog looks like he’s ready to jump in a lake and not swim out (see Peak 2019: Beto O’Rourke’s Dog Is Trending Because Reasons). He runs for president beginning in 2019 and becomes a favorite before absolutely crashing and burning prior to any voting even happening. After that embarrassment, Biden pats him on the head with a promise to give him a prominent role fighting one of the more important fights for the liberal left, and he still ends up shunned. Oh yeah, and his imitation mini-me in Georgia, Jon Ossoff, actually won his race for Senate in 2021.
Some are claiming that the position of gun czar would have been beneath Beto because he’s supposedly gearing up to run for Texas governor. To that, I say…lol.
I’m sure a guy who continually fails at everything he tries is going to beat out Greg Abbott, the current Republican governor who won by 14% of the vote last time against a real Hispanic person and not a guy who just pretends to be. Sounds legit.
Here’s the reality. If Beto had any realistic aspirations for higher office, he’d be in Washington in a second to further build his profile if he could. Biden appears to have not even given him that chance. Again, that’s a good thing, given Beto’s insane position on gun rights. Perhaps the current president is going to seek to avoid that fight for the foreseeable future considering how toxic it is? We’ll see.
Beto is a young John Kerry wannabe who in turn is a JFK wannabe.
Pathetic line of succession.
Mexican Bob strikes out. The country is spared.
“When I asked @PressSec about @BetoORourke today, she confirmed “he doesn’t have any official role.”
I thought his role is how to ride skateboards?
Beto, if he did not have ideas of his own, was the sort of person to start getting ideas about being the boss as President instead of just taking orders.
Naturally the machine had to break him just as it looked like he was getting somewhere.
Beto’s biggest problem is that he is White male, no future in politics, especially progressive politics. If you’re an old White male you’re OK for a few more years but your time is also limited.
And a wealthy family background....................
Probably because Xi Jinping demanded one of his guys be given the job.
Exactly.................
Biden should make him the skateboard czar, a position for which he is at least marginally qualified (i.e. he owns a skateboard).
Biden just lost another 40 voters.
To be honest, I bet Biden doesn’t even remember who Beto is..........................
Ping!................
Sad. After Elizabeth Warren, he’s my favorite manic idiot. I guess frequent use of vulgar language in public can only get you so far. The good news is I hear his next loss is already planned as he’s going to run for governor of Texas
If Beto wanted a job with Biden he should have gone with...
Chan O’Rourke
... And dress like a Mandarin................
This is the first indication I have seen, so far, that there will be noises made about sweeping gun bans.... but no action.
Or if there is any action, it will be small and piecemeal.
Hiring Butto O’Rourke would have sent a clear signal on the scope and intent of the illegitimate Josef Stolen regime as regards firearms.
Josef Stolen............ I like that...Affectionately called ‘Uncle Joe’ by the FDR administration. ..............
Well. That’s debatable. ;-)
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