Democratic Texas Senate candidate Rep. Beto O’Rourke showed America what real character looked like and took down Trump without mentioning the president’s name.
O’Rourke said:
The invitation to hate openly, unapologetically, to call Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals to call asylum seekers animals, to describe white nationalists, clansmen, neo-nazis and very fine people, that has certainly contributed to the environment that we see in this country at this moment. The challenge though is not to assess blame but to try to lead by example. That’s what I see here in Houston, the most diversity in the United States of America.
That’s what I see in — an understanding that our very strength is premised that we are from all over the world and we have come together here in the greatest nation that the world has ever known. We’re going to shine through right now at this moment of division, this moment of polarization, this moment of smallness and pettiness and meanness, we’re going to come through with our courage, with our confidence, with our strength. I know that because I’ve traveled the state. I’ve been with everyone. That’s what Texas wants to do. I’m very confident that on November 6th you’re going to see that in action.
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— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) October 30, 2018
Beto O’Rourke showed the difference between having people in government who have integrity and character and those who don’t. Rep. O’Rourke appeals to what is good in this country and what brings us together as people. O’Rourke was highlighting the fact that the smallness, pettiness, and meanness in the country are coming from the top.
Beto O’Rourke’s positive tone is like an oasis in the desert. There is a bit of the Obama belief in the goodness in Americans in O’Rourke, and his positive vision for America is why people are flocking to support his campaign.
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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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