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Beto O'Rourke urges Minneapolis crowd to unite against Trump
The Star Tribune ^ | May 8, 2019 | Judy Keen

Posted on 05/08/2019 6:37:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke drew a standing-room-only crowd of more than 200 people to a Minneapolis high school Wednesday.

The former Texas member of the U.S. House spoke in the Edison High School cafeteria about immigration, health care and other issues.

He exhorted the receptive crowd to work to defeat President Donald Trump and address those issues.

“It’s going to have to be all of us with all we’ve got,” he said.

O’Rourke began his remarks by name-checking Prince, the Replacements, Husker Du, Bob Dylan and Minnesota politicians that include the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, Gov. Tim Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar. He said Omar is “staring down some really strong racist stuff” from Trump and others.

Democratic presidential hopefuls Mayor Pete Buttigieg and entrepreneur Andre Yang also visited the state this month, signaling that they aren’t ceding the state to Minnesota’s own Sen. Amy Klobuchar.

Ana Acosta, a Minneapolis immigration lawyer, said she’s intrigued by O’Rourke’s leadership in border issues.

“He’s really the only candidate who speaks to this issue coming from knowledge,” she said.

After the town hall, O’Rourke spent more than an hour posing for individual photos with the audience.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Minnesota; Campaign News; State and Local
KEYWORDS: beto; bobblehead; democrats; minnesota
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bobby i9s political toast.


21 posted on 05/08/2019 7:03:31 PM PDT by bingoplayer (MAGA)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke drew a standing-room-only crowd of more than 200 people...

In a room built to accommodate 190?

22 posted on 05/08/2019 7:07:03 PM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"standing-room-only crowd of more than 200 people"

Hahahahahahaha! LOL!

23 posted on 05/08/2019 7:08:59 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: Farmer Dean

sorry i missed that one!


24 posted on 05/08/2019 7:15:16 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: MrEdd

fleas fighting over the dog they’re on


25 posted on 05/08/2019 7:16:15 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: cdcdawg

"Were they in the bathroom?"


Yes.   (They didn't have a lot of seats there, just standing room, but they say his loquacity was flowing endlessly.)


       

26 posted on 05/08/2019 7:17:06 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: definitelynotaliberal

I had the same LOL reaction. Betacuck is a real superstar pulling in those impressive numbers.


27 posted on 05/08/2019 7:18:01 PM PDT by TheWriterTX (Trust not in earthly princes....)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not a big turnout for Puta O’Rourke .... probably get more turnout for a Christian street preacher in Muslim Minneapolis.


28 posted on 05/08/2019 7:46:46 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: clintonh8r

“Awesome’’. Yeah, huh? A GOOD 200!


29 posted on 05/08/2019 7:52:23 PM PDT by jmacusa ("The more numerous the laws the more corrupt the government''.)
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To: Popman

200? For cryin’ out loud the guy and his wife down the end of my block go away for the weekend and his kid has that many people partying in the house!


30 posted on 05/08/2019 7:55:29 PM PDT by jmacusa ("The more numerous the laws the more corrupt the government''.)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

May I remind you that “Pretty Bobbie” O’Rourke drew less than 3 dozen people to a rally in his hometown in El Paso not long ago.
(Btw, CNN & MSNBC, the next day, both claimed FALSELY that “thousands” attended the rally. = BOTH cable networks simply got caught lying like rugs, AGAIN.)

What I cannot figure out is WHY he seems to think that he can get the DIMocRATS nomination for POTUS, since he cannot get more people to show up for a rally in his hometown than that, NO matter how much money that George Soros gives him.

Yours, TMN78247


31 posted on 05/08/2019 7:56:35 PM PDT by TMN78247 ("VICTORY or DEATH", William Barrett Travis, LtCol, comdt., Fortress of the Alamo, Bejar, 1836)
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To: definitelynotaliberal

“‘Standing room only’ :D”

They removed all the chairs. LOL


32 posted on 05/08/2019 8:36:19 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Guy holds a rally for himself then encourages the participants to unite against Trump. Like they weren’t already?

What a douchebag


33 posted on 05/08/2019 8:48:40 PM PDT by Hammerhead
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Wow! Beto got 200 people to show up in a high school cafeteria from a metro area that has 3.3 million people.

(btw, about half of these people look suspiciously like high school students.)


34 posted on 05/08/2019 9:35:43 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: catnipman

btw, “standing room only” is obviously totally fake news since nearly everyone is clearly sitting on the floor!


35 posted on 05/08/2019 9:37:28 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“standing-room-only crowd of 200 people” - what a riot these people are.
Trump just wrapped up an outdoor rally in the Panama City Beach area with a crowed that consumed an entire fairground. Nary a single piece of “standing room” was available. There had to be 15,000-20,000 people there.

But Robert Frances lured in 200 suckers in Somali-sota and that’s big news.


36 posted on 05/08/2019 10:24:23 PM PDT by confederatecarpetbag
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wonder what the heck Judy [the reporter] did that was so bad as to get her assigned to this beat.


37 posted on 05/08/2019 10:48:40 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

SRO of 200 in the cafeteria!
The cafeteria packs in more than that on Taco Tuesday


38 posted on 05/09/2019 12:26:46 AM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wow, 200 people showed up? I believe 200 people were in line 8 hours BEFORE President Trump was scheduled to speak...


39 posted on 05/09/2019 1:44:05 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: catnipman
"(btw, about half of these people look suspiciously like high school students.)"

With a smattering of union indoctrinators.

40 posted on 05/09/2019 2:45:14 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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