‘Beto 2020’ Buzz Builds Immediately After O’Rourke’s Senate Defeat

Breitbart ^ | November 6, 2018 | Joshua Caplan

[conservative98]

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) fended off Democrat challenger Robert Francis O’Rourke to win re-election in a high-profile Senate race Tuesday, but establishment media pundits, Hollywood celebrities, and liberal activists did not lose hope — they had now moved on to dreams of “Beto 2020.”

Cruz finished a surprising second in the 2016 Republican presidential primary and began the Senate race as a prohibitive favorite. However, O’Rourke visited fiercely conservative parts of the state that his party had long since given up on, while shattering fundraising records despite shunning donations from outside political groups and pollster advice. Cruz argued that his opponent’s support for gun control and universal health care were too liberal for the Lone Star State.

O’Rourke shot down similar suggestions Monday on the campaign trail and pledged not to run for president.

Below is a round-up of Beto 2020 buzz via Twitter, which including actress Alyssa Milano, NBC’s John Harwood, and CNN political analyst Chris Cillizza:

🍗 .ashley. 🍁 ✔ @AshleyEsqueda Yo @BetoORourke if you don't run in 2020 with the slogan "A Beto Deal" I'm gonna be disappointed af

10:23 PM - Nov 6, 2018 41 See 🍗 .ashley. 🍁's other Tweets

[conservative98]

I'm the Democrat party star
Bobby De Niro says I'm a catch
I'm popular
I almost beat Ted Cruz with Soros money
I got a teacher chick

[conservative98]

Beto lost? That’s ok. Now he can run for President.— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) November 7, 2018

[Ancesthntr]

If he somehow gets the nomination, he will be as much of a sacrificial lamb as Walter Mondale was in 1984. Trump will eat this beta male for breakfast.

[LeoWindhorse]

Master Beto.... yea right.

vote w/ rifles

[Army Air Corps]

Oy veh.

[JudgemAll]

Oh sht, our Trudeau

[upchuck]

And I look like the doofus that I am.

IMHO, Beto 2020 is a stretch beyond comprehension.

[Army Air Corps]

I would actually pay to watch that on Pay-per-view.

[The Pack Knight]

Bring it on, Beta.

[Farmer Dean]

He needs to fix that gin blossom before 2020.

[Ouchthatonehurt]

Clinton-O’Rouke 2020!
Please!!!!!

[Fungi]

Stupid idiots, the senate race won’t be up until 2024, unless he plans to run for dog catcher....

[Chickensoup]

Yeah, let the loser run for president.

[Pining_4_TX]

He can’t be a true Kennedy type until he leaves a blond in a pond.

[HighSierra5]

What the hell kinda name is Beto? What a frickin weirdo.

[Spirochete]

If it looks like a Kennedy, votes like a Kennedy, and drinks & drives like a Kennedy, then it probably *is* a Kennedy.

[Newtoidaho]

Now, he just needs to drown a girl in a car crash an he’ll be perfect for the demonrats.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Alyssa Milano has to be one of the dumbest moonbats in LA, and that’s saying something.

The dem 2020 field will likely start off with at least 20 RAT hopefuls. Trump will beat any of them in a landslide.

[Bigtigermike]

I agree. The only real reason He was close in the lost to Cruz in TX was because Cruz truly isn’t a likable guy and money was pouring in for Beto from all over the Dems hemisphere. The only thing about the Mondale comparison that will be off is the fact that Mondale won Minnesota and Beto will not win TX