Beto O'Rourke dismisses Abbott 'cult' critique, calls his appeal democracy in action

[TexasTowelie]

O’Rourke drew large crowds in Lockhart and Elgin on Monday, dismissing Gov. Greg Abbott calling his appeal ‘cult-like.’


ELGIN — Gov. Greg Abbott told “Fox & Friends” Monday morning that Democrat Beto O’Rourke’s high-flying U.S. Senate campaign will come down to Earth when Texans find out what he stands for.

“Listen, we’ve seen this show before,” Abbott said. “We saw it at my first race for governor four years ago, when Wendy Davis was getting money and support from across the entire country, only to lose by 20 percentage points once it was revealed the positions that she really stood for. The same thing is happening for Beto O’Rourke.”

“He’s been a cultlike, very popular figure, the way he’s running his campaign. But you don’t vote on cults when you go to the U.S. Senate; you vote on the issues,” Abbott said.

But, to judge by O’Rourke’s appearances Monday before large crowds crackling with excitement in Lockhart and Elgin, the cult of Beto is only getting more frenetic, even in places that preferred Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton two years ago.

Read more: https://www.statesman.com/news/20181001/beto-orourke-dismisses-abbott-cult-critique-calls-his-appeal-democracy-in-action

[bobbieinok]

1. GOP hates charismatic leaders on left. Remember GOP said Obama was a cult leader!!

[gay texan]

2. This campaign is vastly different than

The Davis campaign. Beto seems to be a better ground game plus the political climate is radically different

[Rstrstx]

3. Think Greggy is a little nervous a big Beto turnout might spill over to weaker Rs?

The other poster is right, I have never seen a Senate campaign like this in TX, he is more like a Texas version of Obama+Bernie combined. In 2014 twice as many Rs voted in the primaries as Ds; in 2018 it's down to 1.5x as many, and there have been nearly half a million newly registered voters since the March primaries.

This is real