{"id":92343,"date":"2019-11-02T11:44:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T15:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=92343"},"modified":"2019-11-02T11:44:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T15:44:14","slug":"beto-orourke-out-of-the-presidential-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=92343","title":{"rendered":"Beto O’Rourke Out of the Presidential Race"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Available for Butt-Head role tryout? (r\/The_Donald)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

While running to try to unseat Senator Ted Cruz, Beto O’Rourke received a healthy amount of support from the liberal elite. This support came from Hollywood, the media, major donors, etc. What did the left want?<\/p>\n

They wanted to defeat a Republican Senator in the short run. They wanted to defeat President Trump in the long run. O’Rourke was the candidate that they were hoping would accomplish that objective.<\/p>\n

O’Rourke, on the other hand, must have felt that it was about him. So, despite losing his senate bid, he tried his luck again. This time, in a bid to get the Democratic nomination for president. Shortly after that, reality hit him head-on like a brick wall.<\/p>\n

The left was just using him when he ran against Senator Cruz. During his bid for the nomination, he was up against more favored liberals.<\/p>\n

From Politico:<\/span><\/p>\n

The timing of the announcement stunned O’Rourke’s supporters and local staff, many of whom had risen before dawn to place campaign signs throughout the city. An adviser said O’Rourke had finalized his decision by early Thursday, when a small clutch of aides were first informed.<\/p>\n

A campaign adviser said O’Rourke will not run for Senate next year, despite persistent prodding. Leaving the gathering, O’Rourke declined to answer several questions about his departure from the race. But he said he will do “whatever I can for this country, no longer as a candidate, but with my fellow Americans.”<\/p>\n

The announcement came as candidates gathered here for events over the weekend. Supporters and staffers waiting for O’Rourke at a pre-dinner rally saw the occasion turn into a wake.<\/p>\n

“This is not what I thought would happen here tonight,” said one supporter to another, as a light drizzle fell.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many Democrats also support the second amendment. Whoever advised him to embrace the anti-gun argument that he actually embraced gave him some bad advice.<\/p>\n

You could read more on Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While running to try to unseat Senator Ted Cruz, Beto O’Rourke received a healthy amount of support from the liberal elite. This support came from Hollywood, the media, major donors, etc. What did the left want? They wanted to defeat a Republican Senator in the short run. They wanted to defeat President Trump in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-o1p","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}