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Democrat Beto O'Rourke running for Texas governor in 2022
Yahoo! News ^
| 15/11/21
| Paul Weber
Posted on 11/15/2021 6:21:40 AM PST by Eleutheria5
PAUL J. WEBER Mon, November 15, 2021, 4:01 PM·6 min read In this article:
Greg Abbott 48th Governor of Texas, since 2015 Explore the topics mentioned in this article
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrat Beto O’Rourke is running for governor of Texas, pursuing a blue breakthrough in America’s biggest red state after his star-making U.S. Senate campaign in 2018 put him closer than anyone in decades.
O'Rourke's announcement Monday kicks off a third run for office in as many election cycles. He burst into the 2020 Democratic presidential primary as a party phenomena but dropped out just eight months later as money and fanfare dried up.
“It's not going to be easy. But it is possible," O'Rourke said in an interview with The Associated Press ahead of his announcement. “I do believe, very strongly, from listening to people in this state that they’re very unhappy with the direction that (Gov.) Greg Abbott has taken Texas.”
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2; 2022; beto; betoorourke; bobblehead; candidate; gregabbott; gubernatorial; texas
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Beto, first thing you have to do is stop making kissy faces at yourself in the mirror. Beto? Beto? You paid me a big chunk of cash to be your campaign consultant, so the least you can do is list--BETO!!
To: Eleutheria5
It’ll only another 2-3 million illegals to get him in.
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posted on
11/15/2021 6:22:55 AM PST
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albie
To: Eleutheria5
He must have a political death wish to run in this particular off year election.
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posted on
11/15/2021 6:23:40 AM PST
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conejo99
To: Eleutheria5
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posted on
11/15/2021 6:24:22 AM PST
by
The MAGA-Deplorian
( Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball-less!)
To: Eleutheria5
Isn’t this the guy that was going into breakfast joints to talk to people last time he ran and people just ignored him?
You go boy! Lol
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posted on
11/15/2021 6:24:59 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
To: conejo99
They have the fraud tuned, they think they can pull it off.
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posted on
11/15/2021 6:27:45 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
To: V_TWIN
We don't like the direction Texas is heading. We do not fart. That's a racist canard. Look at me. I got four stomachs. If any of them get gas build-up, I need surgery. Global warming, my ass.
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posted on
11/15/2021 6:32:44 AM PST
by
Eleutheria5
(Juck Foe Biden!)
To: Eleutheria5
He is and idiot, and eats dirt. Makes his family eat it, too.
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11/15/2021 6:33:30 AM PST
by
mfish13
(Elections have Consequences.)
To: Eleutheria5
He is and idiot, and eats dirt. Makes his family eat it, too.
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posted on
11/15/2021 6:33:32 AM PST
by
mfish13
(Elections have Consequences.)
Stop calling him Beto. His name is Robert Francis O’Rourke
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posted on
11/15/2021 6:33:40 AM PST
by
dsrtsage
( Complexity is just simple lacking imaginationd)
To: mfish13
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posted on
11/15/2021 6:34:03 AM PST
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Eleutheria5
(Juck Foe Biden!)
To: dsrtsage
He’s a Beto version of a new app: Jack-ass for smartphones.
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posted on
11/15/2021 6:34:59 AM PST
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Eleutheria5
(Juck Foe Biden!)
To: Eleutheria5
Beano O-Dork returns like a bad case of herpes.
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11/15/2021 6:37:58 AM PST
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2CAVTrooper
(One Nation, Under Fraud Completely Visible, With Spying and Lying Too All.)
To: albie
It’ll only another 2-3 million illegals to get him in.
Along with George Soro's money.
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11/15/2021 6:38:01 AM PST
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ProudDeplorable
(Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
To: Eleutheria5
To: Eleutheria5
After losing this race for governor, Betobutthead needs to run for president a few more times so he can beat the losing records for Pat Paulsen, Lyndon LaRouche, Gus Hall, and Eugene V. Debs.
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posted on
11/15/2021 6:38:44 AM PST
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Carl Vehse
(A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
To: Eleutheria5
As long as Republicans like Cornyn keep assisting the Democrats to import a permanent majority it is only a matter of time before they flip Texas.
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posted on
11/15/2021 6:39:57 AM PST
by
Lurkinanloomin
( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Eleutheria5
They mean Francis, right?
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posted on
11/15/2021 6:40:41 AM PST
by
Little Ray
(Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
To: conejo99
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11/15/2021 6:41:32 AM PST
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Don Corleone
(leave the gun, take the canolis)
To: Darksheare
"They have the fraud tuned, they think they can pull it off. Man, it'll be Virginia all over agai...wait...
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11/15/2021 6:42:17 AM PST
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Frank Drebin
(And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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