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Beto O'Rourke arrested in 1990s for burglary and DWI
Houston Chronicle ^ | 8-23-2018 | W. Gardner Selby

Posted on 08/23/2018 8:37:07 AM PDT by Snickering Hound

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke of Texas has said that in younger days he was twice arrested in his hometown of El Paso--once, he says, for leaping a campus fence and the other time for driving while intoxicated.

Readers have asked us whether the third-term congressman challenging Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has a criminal history. We decided to fact-check mention of the arrests in a 2012 TV ad that also was screenshot for an April 2017 Texas Tribune news story.

In the ad, sponsored by then-U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso, text next to what looks like O’Rourke’s mugshot states that the "facts" are that O’Rourke has a "criminal record" including burglary and DWI.

The ad’s narrator says O’Rourke "has a criminal record that includes DWI and burglary arrests."

That he does, we confirmed, which he’s acknowledged since his first run for office.

We tried to phone and email Reyes about his claim and failed to connect. Next, we attempted to get our own fix on the facts by seeking documentation of the DWI arrest through a public information request to the El Paso Police Department. Martin Rodriguez, a department records specialist, said by email the agency had no responsive records. We similarly queried the University of Texas at El Paso about the earlier arrest and didn’t immediately hear back.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2018midterms; betoorourke; tx2018
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1 posted on 08/23/2018 8:37:07 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Snickering Hound

So, he may be overqualified to be a Democrat candidate.


2 posted on 08/23/2018 8:38:46 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: LUV W; txhurl

Ping.


3 posted on 08/23/2018 8:39:04 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Snickering Hound

For a Democrat in Congress it’s a resume enhancer.


4 posted on 08/23/2018 8:39:14 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Snickering Hound

OMG!! DWI like W Bush? Its over for her. s/


5 posted on 08/23/2018 8:41:08 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (What is earned is treasured, what is free is worth what you paid for it.)
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To: Bringbackthedraft

Beto is a guy.

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6 posted on 08/23/2018 8:42:58 AM PDT by Mears
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To: Snickering Hound

Burglary charges were dropped. The DUI was a misdemeanor and he went to “DUI Class”. This is a nothing burger and it would be counterproductive to try to make it into something more.


7 posted on 08/23/2018 8:43:33 AM PDT by Artemis Webb (Maxine Waters for House Minority Leader!!)
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To: Artemis Webb

The Houston Comical is a liberal rag. They probably published the story to show what an “upfront honest guy” Beto is.


8 posted on 08/23/2018 8:47:30 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: Artemis Webb

Was it related to jumping over the fence?


9 posted on 08/23/2018 8:47:59 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: Snickering Hound; Pelham

Hmmmm

Well I too had been arrested a few times....second degree murder , kidnapping, Mann act ...the usual fare

Thst was a joke...I can just see some cat ladies here going oh God I just knew it..lol

I think 17 percent of adult males are currently disenfranchised someways over rights from voting to licenses to rkba

This is where righties get statist and I diverge


10 posted on 08/23/2018 8:48:12 AM PDT by wardaddy (Wake up and quit aping opinions you think will make you popular here)
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To: Artemis Webb

But it wouldn’t hurt to mention that O’Rourke had been charged with burglary.

That would not be a false statement and it might tarnish his reputation with some on the fence Texas voters. OTOH, in certain parts of Texas (Houston, Dallas, etc), it may be a reputation enhancer.


11 posted on 08/23/2018 8:50:07 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: wardaddy

Youthful indiscretions. Rats forgive their own. I liked the one about W driving his girlfriend to the abortion clinic. He turned the other cheek.


12 posted on 08/23/2018 8:50:25 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Bringbackthedraft
She must have gotten a hair cut.


13 posted on 08/23/2018 8:51:23 AM PDT by deport
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To: Snickering Hound

What worries me is that if Beto somehow does win, he will become the big name Nationally for the Rats.

We need to kill this baby in the womb.


14 posted on 08/23/2018 8:53:30 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Snickering Hound

Oops!


15 posted on 08/23/2018 8:53:45 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: deport

Most never get past the headline


16 posted on 08/23/2018 8:55:27 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: Army Air Corps

I thinks he’s under qualified. No beating up girl friends arrests.


17 posted on 08/23/2018 8:56:20 AM PDT by OLDCU
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To: Snickering Hound

That’s JV level compared to most in the Congress.


18 posted on 08/23/2018 8:57:28 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Mears

so Beta is a gal


19 posted on 08/23/2018 8:57:35 AM PDT by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: Mears

Oh damn, too much coffee this a.m. and bad eye sight, I saw Betty.


20 posted on 08/23/2018 8:57:41 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (What is earned is treasured, what is free is worth what you paid for it.)
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