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The Emotional Impact of Beto O’Rourke’s Speech.
Touched.
Maybe it’s the two long years of hatred, racism, lies, and idiocy that spewed from Donald Trump’s treasonous lips.
Maybe it’s been that long since anyone moved, or inspired me… I mean, there were moments here and there, where someone would say a sentence that resonated…. For example: When newly elected Virginia state delegate Danica Roem was asked about Bob “Andneel” Marshall, a guy who relentlessly attacked her for being transgendered (in the most insanely vicious ways imaginable), she said:
“I don’t attack my constituents. Bob is my constituent now.”
I thought that was such a cool thing to say. — To my battered ears, coming off of hearing a hundred million uncool things in a row, sung by Trump and his enablers at the GOP Vampire Glee Club, it was like being immersed in pristine refreshing water after being bashed about in a sea of assholery.
Beto “Neat-O” O’Rourke is running against human/slug hybrid Ted Cruz for Senate.
In his book, Al Franken famously stated:
"Here's the thing you have to understand about Ted Cruz, I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz."
Now, Texas is a Republican-leaning place, but ATTENTION TEXAS: The whole POINT of having a representative in the Senate is to REPRESENT TEXAS. This means you need someone who can work with other Senators — to trade this or that — in ways that can help Texas. HAVING A GUY WHO EVERYONE ELSE IN THE SENATE HATES AND DESPISES WILL NOT HELP TEXAS.
Even if you don’t value America over party… perhaps as Texans, you should value Texas over party…
So:
Beto O’Rourke
Gave an amazing response about NFL players taking a knee during the “National Anthem” of a country that used to be “America”. A concerned citizen asked Mr. O’Rourke’s stance on that issue because some people feel that black people peacefully protesting the right to not be riddled with bullets, is anti-American, and unpatriotic. Fun Fact: IT ISN’T. There is NOTHING ON EARTH more AMERICAN than…
