BETO O’ROURKE SPEAKS IN BRENHAM MONDAY
Although he is not currently running for office, Beto O’Rourke stopped in Brenham Monday and spoke at the Finke Pavilion at Fireman’s Park. While the majority of the crowd were appreciative of O’Rourke, there was a group of protesters on hand also. They booed in response to the crowds cheers and shouted their beliefs at O’Rourke as he tried to answer questions. This caused O’Rourke to say on several occasions that they were proving his point.
After an opening statement in which O’Rourke commented on several subjects including voter rights, he answered questions from the crowd. Those questions covered a large number of topics including AR-15s, Voter IDs, and Law Enforcement. He equated water rights to the power outages that occurred in February:
He blamed the problems at ERCOT on public corruption and too much money in politics. He continued his criticism of the current state government in his comments about education:
O’Rourke represented Texas' 16th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. He lost his bid for election to the U.S. Senate in 2018 against Ted Cruz, and was a candidate in the 2020 presidential election before suspending his race in November 2019.
For those against AR15s, please tell me the percentage of murders that are committed using one? Now what about the percentage using handguns? Percentage of murders using knives? No leftist is ever willing to have this conversation. The facts are too inconvenient for their emotions.
The problem is Beto’s and other’s arguments here are fallacies.
The military weapons they describe are not available for purchase to the public
They are ALREADY banned, along with most weapons listed by Democrats. They’ve even said ban semi automatic… well, most weapons today are this. Automatics are banned (at least list they listed – I do not own a gun but respect right to carry. I’d im in error I apologize).
And any weapon can kill many humans in a short time, and that includes multiple guns that ARE legal.
Please make ZERO mistake: democrats are the ones distorting here, as all guns are assault weapons. Definition alone if assault – causing harm, makes guns such.
They all inflict harm.
I don’t condone either the behavior of dissenters either – let a person’s words show their true self, but I will call out things for what they are.
The end goal of is to ban all guns, fir safety the claim, but criminals do not follow law.
I’m so happy Beto O’Rourke had a chance to visit Brenham to hold a town hall. I voted for him when he ran for senate against Ted Cruz. If he runs for governor I’ll vote for him and so will my entire family. I will definitely convince others to vote for him. Beto For Texas! Change is coming!
Good Luck
While I did not attend this presentation, I can only surmise that it is a way to “test the waters” by sending a predominantly liberal Democrat into various populations and to measure the responses. I’m sure that Democrat planners, as well as O’Rourke, have regretted his statement from September of 2019 about taking away AR-15s and AK- type weapons; that statement will, no doubt, follow him forever. It seems to me that regardless of political affiliation, people should consider what they believe to be the most pressing problems in today’s society. To read the stories on KWHI every week, as well as view the news broadcasts from Houston, B/CS, and occasionally Austin, it seems that shootings/murders, DUIs, robberies/burglaries, and acts of family violence predominate the news. However, in looking at legislation that was introduced and passed by the Texas legislature this past session, I see almost nothing that definitively increases penalties for these crimes. As well, in reading the sentencing given to those convicted in Washington County, it seems that they are given the ‘benefit of the doubt’, rather than a substantial penalty that would deter others. Lastly, for those individuals who have decided to commit criminal acts and who will not be deterred by punishment, then let them be incarcerated for multiple decades for their actions, for if they are unafraid to commit those acts, then they should be unafraid to be incarcerated for them. People (regardless of political party affiliation) value job security, personal safety, and the ability to go about their normal, daily life without undo worries, hassles and regulations. It is the responsibility of the government to ensure that these things are possible. At present, O’Rourke can do nothing towards this; however, maybe those who can should have a town hall meeting and listen to the constituents’ concerns.
I live in Brenham and knew many of the local attendees who were there to hear and learn. There were 5 locals who asked questions, although it was at times difficult to hear the answers due to the antagonists noise. Our local police took possession of a noise horn from one of them. I am thankful for their presence and service. But we can listen to it in full on Betos Facebook page. It is good to know there are so many local citizens who want to be informed and converse about conserving democracy.
When will these politicians learn that guns don’t kill people? People kill people! The 2nd amendment is for our protection against politicians just like him. I’ve not seen a weapon of any sort instantaneously become human and go attack another person. And furthermore, we already have voter laws in place. So don’t give me this stuff that we don’t. Do your own research people.
A study on gun ownership done by Baylor University 4 years ago had this conclusion based on the responses from the questionnaires it distributed: “What’s paradoxical is that white male gun owners in the U.S. see themselves as hyper-patriotic, but they are the first to say, ‘If the government impedes me, I have the moral and almost patriotic right to fight back.’” I noticed the exact same thing in the photographs posted on KWHI’s story; some promoted supporting law enforcement and they were wearing patriotic-themed clothing, yet they were holding signs that said ‘Come and Take It’ with an AR-rifle silhouette alongside.
I am glad that Mr. O’Rourke could visit us today. Politicians are like so many things we buy off the internet sight un seen. Mr. O’Rourke in person convinced me not to vote for him. I must say he is quite courageous to visit a place such as Washington County when he stated he will take our firearms from us for our safety. I feel safer without his intervention.
Im with you 100%! He did tell some false stories i was there right in front of him. He had very few Brenham people there for him. There were alot of out of towners there for him though that came with him.
First of all, I respect your acknowledging that Beto shows the courage of his convictions by engaging with the people in person, your willingness to show up and consider a viewpoint different from your own and your right to disagree. That’s a rarity and it shouldn’t be. However, this argument should be based on facts. I was there, too. At no time did Beto say that he would take all of anyone’s firearms. He has never said this. This is not a goal of the Democratic Party, in spite of false talking points. What he did say was in reference to military assault rifles designed for the sole purpose of killing as many humans in as short a time as possible and the critical need for regulation or an outright ban. It’s fine to disagree, but let’s let those arguments be based on facts instead of distortions. I hope we can all step back from commentary/opinion media from either end of the political spectrum designed to provoke outrage and division and start making decisions based on facts. As Beto said yesterday, when we have honest dialog with one another, we can always find things we agree on.
It’s clearly not the goal of the Democratic Party to take away all of anyone’s firearms. They aren’t even focusing legislative attention on the small-caliber pistols or ammunition that are used in orders of magnitude more violent crimes than are long arms of any kind. They’re playing to the fears of the white upper-and-middle class and directing attention to a specific and limited kind of sensationalized crime that disproportionately involves white victims, white perpetrators, and white audiences consuming media that caters to them. Ironically, showering attention on this narrow class of criminal paraphernalia validates that such crimes and such paraphernalia as being effective, priming the mindset of future criminals. The Republican Party is on the other side of this, but it’s just the other side of the same coin and it’s naive to think that their stand is principled. The whole issue as it is portrayed by the political duopoly is a con. There are hundreds of millions of firearms in circulation and any sort of a ban will simply give rise to a black market that funds organized crime. Disarmanent is inconceivable. Meanwhile, who will speak to and address the populations living in America’s urban warzones? Who will acknowledge the disparate impacts of gun violence on communities of color and then do something about it to address underlying social pathologies? Who among the Democrats will have the courage to point out their own complacency, their own hypocrisy, and their own latent racism? Who will threaten to hold up their party’s own legislative agenda until their communities’ most basic needs are met? Will Beto do it? Doubtful. Even if his principles actually are aligned with mine (and I can’t tell whether they are or not because his rhetoric lacks very much substance), it’s plain to see that he’s chosen the low road of politics. I’ve got little respect for him.