Wow! Meet-and-greet for Cruz challenger Beto O'Rourke

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Rebecca Elliott‏ @rfelliott
Standing room only at today's Houston meet and greet for @BetoORourke, who's challenging hometown Sen. @tedcruz in 2018.




Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke
Thank you Houston for showing up, working for it, making it possible. On behalf of 2018, thank you!! Join the team: http://betofortexas.com

[blue neen]

1. Wow! Great crowd.

Very impressive!

[Dem_4_Life]

2. WOHOO!!!

He also has 51,301 followers on his campaign Facebook page in one weekend!

[dbackjon]

28. I'm one of those!

[hamsterjill]

32. I am, as well.

n/t

[CousinIT]

3. Awesome. WooHoo! n/t

[mcar]

4. Nice!

[Honeycombe8]

5. Which one is Beto? nt

[longship]

6. Here he is...

[Wounded Bear]

8. Nice turnout...

Go Houston! Go Texas!

(But not in the opening game tonight )

[pangaia]

15. LOL !! Right on... serious stuff before politics.

[Wounded Bear]

18. Hey! It's baseball!

[pangaia]

22. I tried to explain to my Chinese friends

that OPENING DAY is the greatest American Holiday.. followed very closely by PITCHERS AND CATCHERS REPORT.

Of course my Japanese, Taiwanese and Korean friends get it...most of them, anyway..

[zentrum]

9. Wow. Really giving us hope!

[ailsagirl]

10. WOW IS RIGHT!!!!!!!!

[NurseJackie]

11. I see he's running as a Democrat. That's good! We need more like him!

http://www.betofortexas.com/

Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke /ˈbɛtoʊ/ (born September 26, 1972) is an American politician and the U.S. Representative for Texas's 16th congressional district in his native El Paso, Texas.

For others like me who weren't sure of the proper way to to pronounce his name... maybe this will help

ˈb ... as in boy
ɛ ... as in bed
t ... as in tie
oʊ ... as in code

[panader0]

14. Beto is a nickname for Robert (Roberto)

I think his name is cool. Half Hispanic, half Irish.
He's always been a Democrat.

[burrowowl]

27. Or Herberto

[LAS14]

12. Great! Even if he doesn't win, we need to show Repubs they're going to have...

... a fight in EVERY district and state. I give a very small donation to any Dem who shows up here on DU, to increase the PR value of the donor count. There's a link in the OP.

[Renew Deal]

13. Will the Russians find a leftist challenger?

[murielm99]

16. I like what he stands for,

except for the idea of term limits. I don't agree with that.

[calimary]

17. What's really great here is to see that there are Democratic challengers stepping up!

It's been SO incredibly irritating to see these races come and go and too many CONS run un-opposed. In the past, our team has conceded defeat before even stepping up to the starting block - IF there even was some "sacrificial lamb" who was there for the sake of being there but didn't bother to put up a fight.

Looks like - NOT ANYMORE!!!

[Wounded Bear]

19. Amen to that!

[grantcart]

20. Wow, gonna need a bigger room next time.

[SunSeeker]

21. K & R

[mountain grammy]

23. Best thing I've seen all day..

Go Beto!

[bigtree]

24. kick

[gratuitous]

25. Looks real good

Though I got stuck for a second on "hometown Sen. Ted Cruz" for a moment. The caption said "Houston," but isn't Cruz's hometown Calgary Alberta Canada?

[shadowmayor]

26. That's the family summer home

Havana is the home of Lyin' Teddy the groveler.

[world wide wally]

29. Isn't Houston heavily Democatic?

Now you gotta git those Cowboys on your side.

[lillypaddle]

30. Wonderful!

K&R

[Dustlawyer]

31. +1!!! We are ready!!!

Let's overwhelm the Republicans and break the lock on our state!