Beto O'Rourke goes ALL-IN: "I'd Impeach Trump"

[Tatiana]

1. ***Clutches pearls*** Oh he said the "I" word!

Oh and wait... his poll numbers keep improving.

"If I were to vote on this, I would vote to impeach the president," O'Rourke said in response to a question. "Impeachment, much like an indictment, shows that there is enough there for the case to proceed and at this point there is certainly enough there for the case to proceed."

And this, people, is exactly how you set up the case for impeachment. With calm, simple and confident logic.

But then, oh noes... the Republicans "pounced" on him (like they always do -- they attack our strengths, which is the truth in this case)

The Cruz campaign pounced on the remark later in the day.

"Rep. Beto O'Rourke is so radical and reckless that he is unfit to serve in the U.S. Senate," said Cruz campaign spokesman Emily Miller. "O'Rourke's extremist views on impeaching the President of the United States put him in the fringe of the liberal movement -- even to the left of Nancy Pelosi, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. His calls for impeachment may win him big donors in Hollywood, but it doesn't reflect the reasonable views of the vast majority of Texans."

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/article/Ted-Cruz-attacks-Beto-O-Rourke-over-talk-of-Trump-13083677.php

You see what they did there? What they always do:

-Make the "wild-eyed liberal" association
-Called Beto "extreme" (trying to make Cruz sound like the reasonable one)
-Bring up Nancy Pelosi

Now this is the part where the Democrats usually back down. Like when we said they get bitter and they cling to guns or religion or when they were described as a basket of deplorables (all true assessments). Then there's an apology, a clarification, and an attempt to make nice. What I like about Beto is that he isn't doing that. He's sticking by his comments. He's using the Republicans tactics against them because what's hurting him is his lack of name recognition and the Republican attack on his call for impeachment is bringing him exactly what he needs. Everywhere he goes, when people hear him, they can't help but like him. But more people need to find out who he is (he just opened a new office in San Antonio, which is a good sign).

Also, he is doing a pretty good job of explaining why impeachment is a necessary and proscribed remedy for the chaos the Russian hijacking of our democracy has caused.