Playing a clip from
MSNBC’s All in With Chris Hayes, host Stephanie Ruhle and CEO and President of
Voto Latino Maria Teresa Kumar speculated the El Paso mass shooting could be
politically advantageous for presidential candidate Robert Francis O'Rourke Tuesday
morning.
"Maria, Beto has
said he is running in the name of decency and democracy. As bad as this may
sound, could this moment be a chance for Beto to gain some momentum?"
Ruhle asked.
"I think so. When
you look at who the President is most afraid of, you often hear within inner
circles that Beto is the one that concerns him," Kumar responded.
Media consensus seems
to have formed that O’Rourke is a lightweight; an entitled child of privilege
who has “failed up” all his life. His theatrics and grandiose delusions skate
close to the edge of parody.
Brandon Rottinghaus,
University of Houston political science professor noted
in the New York Times, “He needs a big issue and he needs his biography to
really bloom. This is an opportunity for
him to do both.”
The field of 2020 Democrat
presidential candidates is too large and the winnowing process will begin with
the third round of debates to be held in Houston where the rules are expected
to cut the field to ten or perhaps fewer.
None of the Democrats
have given credit to President Trump for calling out the racist motives that
inspired the El Paso shooting and for clearly denouncing it as “white supremacy.”
As the nation turns it
attention to the President’s trips to El Paso and Dayton to meet with the
victims of the back-to-back shootings, White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan
Gidley told reporters the President recognizes the gravity of this moment.
O’Rourke’s presidential aspirations have been burdened by his
weaknesses and inexperience. His debate
performances have done little to improve his standing. His desperation is palpable. Exploiting this moment for political expedience,
he announced
he would be attending an event to “honor those lives lost, confront President
Trump and white supremacy and demand responsible gun control.”
Is it just me or does anyone else see the glare of a ghoul in
Beto’s eyes? This is his last chance
to reprise his political fortunes by standing on the 22 corpses in an El Paso
Walmart and waving a bloody shirt saying, “Hey, look at me! Look at me!”
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