Posted on 11/04/2019 6:09:49 AM PST by MarvinStinson
At the end of this week, former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke (D) formally announced he was dropping out of the Democratic primary race after pledging to take all our guns and punish churches for not condoning gay marriage.
According to campaign finance records, O’Rourke spent 14 million on his campaign, with clearly nothing to show for it!
Campaign finance reports issued on September 30 showed that O’Rourke spent $13,965,478, according to Open Secrets.
While final numbers for his campaign have yet to be released, he likely surpassed $14 million in money spent int he 30 days following his last report, Breitbart notes.
Beto kicked off his campaign with quite a lot of attention and raised $6.1 million in the first 24 hours, but this early success faded as other candidates came forward and proved to be more popular.
“Though it is difficult to accept, it is clear to me now that this campaign does not have the means to move forward successfully,” O’Rourke announced on Friday night in the official announcement that his campaign was ended.
President Trump couldn’t help but poke fun at O’Rourke’s announcement during a campaign rally on Friday.
“Oh did you hear? Beto, ah, that poor bastard, poor pathetic guy,” Trump said. “He was pathetic.”
“He quit like a dog,” Trump said. “When he quit, I said, ‘See? People think this is easy, it’s not so easy.’”
“He said that he was born for it right?” Trump asked, referring to Beto’s early interview with Vanity Fair. “He was born from heaven and came down and, in that case, some really, really bad things happened, because he made a fool out himself.”
“Remember the arms flailing?” he continued. “He was standing on tables, he was standing on countertops, I said, ‘Does [he] never like stand on the floor and speak? … What the hell is he doing? What is he on?’”
Trump said that O’Rourke had been “nasty” during the campaign, pointing to O’Rourke’s enthusiastic opposition to the Second Amendment, Christianity, and oil production.
“You come from Texas, you don’t like religion, you don’t like oil, and you don’t have guns, I don’t know, that’s not a good combination in the state of Texas … I don’t know if that’s good anywhere,” he said as the crowd cheered.
I’m starting to think the big Dem donors will be sitting this election out. They just don’t have a contender.
I think Jeb Bush holds the record for spending a metric sh!t ton of money on a campaign for literally zero return.
His mama had tax fraud problems with the family’s furniture store.
How many of those donation millions went into his wallet.
I think most candidates do not expect to achieve nomination, much less POTUS.
For most it’s a job: set up & lead a 2-3 year project, generate a revenue stream of a few million dollars, allocate salaries comfortably, make a short-term living of narcissistic self-indulgence, be popular, make connections, fold up the project when spending exceeds revenue, pay off contractural debts (including to self), route remaining funds to next project, and make a good side buck via books & lectures.
Doesn’t have to be a huge win, just a decent living in a profession where gigs last about 1-3 years then on to the next.
And given who they’re up against, seems none actually _want_ the nomination lest they get crushed. Make a good buck, win friends & influence people, then get out well before yer left holding the hopes of the Democrat Party with no chance of success.
Yup.
People keep wondering if Hillary will jump in. She might, but the big money won’t: will cost $1.5B to beat Trump, and she already blew that in a can’t-lose race against the same guy; ain’t gonna do that again in a can’t-win race.
Likewise remaining contenders: none are strong vs Trump, so better to hold the deep pockets closed and pick away at the Senate, preserve the House, and stockpile for 2024.
Does Beto's disastrous presidential run put that talk to rest? Didn't he basically reveal that the Democrats are the party against religion, oil, and guns?
But now almost everyone knows who he is.
Moronic and immature liberal politicians with their dumb ideas will come and go but the Bill of Rights will always continue to stand. Adios Frito.
When you give money to a Democrat it immediately loses its value.
Beat-oh is a piker compared to Yeb Please Clap Bush.
Yeb dropped out after blowing $150,000,000 and winning exactly 3 delegates. LMAO!
That 14,000,000.00 went to Washington consultants, Washington media groups, Washington democrats, Washington personalities and Washington advertising executives.
See anything suspicious here?
Beto claimed “I was born to do this!”
Apparently not. LMAO
Washington is money hungry?
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Never.
X - $14,000,000 = What?
He sure used his hands a lot hence his nickname “Sir Beat off A Lot”.
“with clearly nothing to show for it!”
totally untrue; Beto has plenty to show for it: he’s made himself 100% unelectable to any possible elective office ...
besides, that 14 million was other people’s money anyway ...
Thanks Robert A Cook PE. It's called money laundering.
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