Beto O'Rourke STUNS at campaign event, convinces Republican voter to vote Democrat

[CatWoman]

[Skittles]

1. Texas would be nuts to not make Beto governor

but then, Texas does not have a great track record lately

[Funtatlaguy]

5. I really really really am watching 4 Dem Gov hopefuls

Texas
Georgia
Florida
Pennsylvania

We have 3 great candidates and either Crist/Fried in florida will make it 4.

From what very early polling I’ve seen, I think our chances are best in this order:
Penn
Georgia
Texas
Florida

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Wow, this gives me hope. So much hope. Is a new day dawning over Texas? ♥

[Rhiannon12866]

17. He's certainly attracting enthusiastic crowds as he knocks on doors and travels the state

Abbott, on the other hand, appears to be ignoring the power grid during this heat wave and concentrating on building his "wall."

[Docreed2003]

3. My hats off to Beto...he truly loves his state and is so eloquent in providing a vision for Texas

Here's hoping for success this fall

[Joinfortmill]

4. This was extremely encouraging.

[TexasTowelie]

6. Beto is drawing large crowds to his events

which is somewhat remarkable considering that we are in a heat wave and that the real political season doesn't begin until after Labor Day. Sometimes when people go vote they are looking for change and in this instance Beto is the change that Texas needs.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Thanks for the great news!

And I couldn't agree more - Texas desperately needs Beto, and so does this country!

[Rhiannon12866]

7. K&R for Beto!

[calimary]

9. Excellent!!!

[James48]

10. Unfortunately

Beto just promised to change immigration law.

Somebody needs to tell him that Governors don’t change immigration law.

Congressmen might. Senators might.

But Governors don’t get to introduce legislation, or pass it, since all immigration law resides in Congress- not the Texas Governor.

Sorry, but those are the facts.

Now, I guess the (R)’s in Texas probably will believe him, because they aren’t smart enough to figure that out. Civics isn’t taught like it used to be- especially in Texas.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. Agree that teaching Civics needs to be a priority in schools

It teaches kids to grow up to be informed citizens, something we desperately need these days.

[markpkessinger]

15. Yes, I caught that, too

He should be careful about setting up expectations among voters that he can't fulfill.

[ananda]

11. Double wow!

Beto has crafted a great message!

[BaronChocula]

12. Awesome! And not to be an A-hole but

it's "Democratic." it's the Democratic Party. Democrat is a noun. Democratic is the corresponding adjective and adverb. Using "Democrat" in place of "Democratic" (i.e. Democrat Party) was an attempted slur by our white nationalists across the aisle as a way to suggest the Democratic Party wasn't democratic. What this turn of the tongue actually did was make them sound like a bunch of uneducated rubes. My feeling is that we should avoid normalizing their ignorance.

[markpkessinger]

14. I certainly hope he defeats Abbott . . .

. . . But by talking about "rewriting our immigration laws," he may be setting up an expectation he can't fulfill. Immigration law is a matter of federal jurisdiction; it isn't something that the Governor of Texas gets to decide.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. Beto is amazing!