March 12, 2022For Immediate Release
POLITICAL CHAMELEON BETO O’ROURKE TELLS TRUTH TO LIBERAL ELITISTS, LIES TO TEXANS
“This morning, credibility-challenged political chameleon Beto O’Rourke finally told the truth about his views on guns (wants to confiscate them), the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy (opposes deportations) and President Biden (not a drag on his chances) – all of which stand in opposition to what he has told the people of Texas. It appears if you want Beto to tell the truth, you need to put him in front of out-of-state liberal elitists, not the people of Texas.” – Mark Miner, Communications Director
ON GUNS
BETO THEN: O’Rourke Called For A Mandatory Gun Buyback Program For Assault-Style Weapons While Running For President. “Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke gave a staunch defense of his gun control plan during Thursday’s Democratic presidential primary debate, saying that as president, he would prioritize mandatory buybacks of assault-style weapons.” (Brandon Carter, “O’Rourke Promises To ‘Take Your AR-15,’ But Americans Are Split On Buybacks,” NPR, 9/12/19)
· O’Rourke: “Hell, Yes, We’re Going To Take Your AR-15, Your AK-47.’” (Brandon Carter, “O’Rourke Promises To ‘Take Your AR-15,’ But Americans Are Split On Buybacks,” NPR, 9/12/19)
· “Police Officers Will Physically Show Up To Gun Owners’ Homes And Enforce 2020 Presidential Hopeful Beto O’Rourke’s Mandatory Assault Weapons Buyback If He Is Elected President.” “Police officers will physically show up to gun owners’ homes and enforce 2020 presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke’s mandatory assault weapons buyback if he is elected president, the Texas Democrat said during a Wednesday interview. ‘Any law that is not followed or flagrantly abused, there have to be consequences or else there is no respect for the law,’ he said on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe.’” (Nick Givas, “Beto Says Police Would Enforce Gun Confiscation Under His Buyback Plan: ‘There Have To Be Consequences’,” Fox News, 10/16/19)
BETO TO TEXANS: O’Rourke Says He Is “Not Interested In Taking” Guns “From Anyone.” “Speaking to reporters, O’Rourke also took a question about his controversial stance on guns and remarks made in 2019 about taking away AR-15s and AK-47s. ‘I’m not interested in taking anything from anyone. What I want to make sure that we do is defend the Second Amendment,’ he said.” (Blake Holland, “Beto O’Rourke Talks Guns, Energy Jobs, And Power Grid Plan During Tyler Visit,” KLTV-TV, 2/8/22)
BETO TODAY TO SXSW: Today O’Rourke Said He Wanted To Confiscate Guns. EVAN SMITH, TEXAS TRIBUNE: “But I’m going to come back to the question I asked you that you didn’t tell me: do you want to confiscate those automatic weapons—the AR-15s, the AK47s – do you want to confiscate them or not?” O’ROURKE: “Yes. I gave you an answer.” (Beto O’Rourke, Remarks, Austin, TX, 3/12/22)
ON “REMAIN IN MEXICO”
BETO THEN: O’Rourke Opposed The “Remain In Mexico” Policy For Asylum Seekers. “Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke, a Democratic candidate for president, denounced the Trump administration’s controversial ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy for asylum seekers, accusing the U.S. government of forcing desperate migrants into precarious situations in Mexico.” (Camilo Montoya-Galvez, “O’Rourke Says Trump’s ‘Remain In Mexico’ Policy Fuels ‘Suffering And Death’,” CBS News, 6/30/19)
BETO TO TEXANS: O’Rourke Says Illegal Immigrants Who Don’t Have “A Credible Asylum Claim And Has Entered In Between Ports Of Entry, They Should Be Deported.” “‘It’s clear that President Biden could be doing a better job at the border,’ O’Rourke told CBS station KTVT in Dallas-Fort Worth. ‘It is not enough of a priority for his administration.’ O’Rourke continued: ‘We’ve got to have predictability, order, and the rule of law and that means honoring our asylum laws when someone has a credible asylum claim. That also means, and this is not popular amongst all Democrats, but it means that when someone comes here and doesn’t have a credible asylum claim and has entered in between ports of entry, they should be deported back to the country from which they came.’” (Jasper Scherer, “Beto O’Rourke Criticizes Biden’s Immigration Policies On First Day Of Campaign For Governor,” Houston Chronicle, 11/16/21)
BETO TO SXSW: O’Rourke Praised President Biden For Ending The “Remain In Mexico” Policy. O’ROURKE: “[Biden] tried to reverse the Orwellian-named ‘Migrant Protection Protocol,’ which takes asylum seekers who travelled 2,000 miles – literally the length of this continent, fleeing brutality and death in many cases – and made them live in squalor in refugee camps in Ciudad Juarez or Matamoros or Tijuana.” (Beto O’Rourke, Remarks, Austin, TX, 3/12/22)
ON PRESIDENT BIDEN
BETO THEN: O’Rourke: “Joe Biden Is The Man For This Moment.” (Twitter.com, 8/20/20)
· O’Rourke: “I Am More Determined Than Ever To Help Joe Biden Win…” (Twitter.com, 8/30/20)
· O’Rourke: “We Need Joe Biden.” (Beto O’Rourke, Remarks, Dallas, TX, 3/2/20)
BETO TO TEXANS: “O’Rourke On Friday Said That He Would Have No Interest In Getting Campaign Assistance From President Joe Biden.” “Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke on Friday said that he would have no interest in getting campaign assistance from President Joe Biden, who has seen his approval ratings plummet in recent months.” (Philip Jankowski, “Democrat Beto O’Rourke: ‘No interest’ In Texas Gubernatorial Campaign Help From President Joe Biden,” Dallas Morning News, 1/21/22)
BETO TO SXSW: O’Rourke: “[President Biden] Is Not A Drag On Anyone.” (Beto O’Rourke, Remarks, Austin, TX, 3/12/22)
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