HOLY SH*T! Beto O'Rourke's DWI was MUCH WORSE than we thought — but will MSM firefighters care?

We’re shocked — shocked! — that all the media outlets running profiles on Beto O’Rourke managed to miss this:

Houston Chronicle: Police reports of O'Rourke's September 1998 DUI incident "show that it was a more serious threat to public safety than has previously been reported." #TXSEN https://t.co/W1qolF4otG

— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) August 31, 2018

You don't say… https://t.co/ElxNQC2zUa

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) August 31, 2018

This wasn’t just your run-of-the-mill youthful indiscretion:

State and local police reports obtained by the Chronicle and Express-News show that O’Rourke was driving drunk at what a witness called “a high rate of speed” in a 75 mph zone on Interstate 10 about a mile from the New Mexico border. He lost control and hit a truck, sending his car careening across the center median into oncoming lanes. The witness, who stopped at the scene, later told police that O’Rourke had tried to drive away from the scene.

O’Rourke recorded a 0.136 and 0.134 on police breathalyzers, well above the legal limit of 0.08 in Texas. He was arrested at the scene and charged with DWI, but completed a court-approved diversion program and had the charges dismissed.

In a statement Thursday, O’Rourke did not address the witness account of his alleged attempt to flee.

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The accident occurred just as O’Rourke, the son of an El Paso County Judge, had celebrated his 26th birthday the night before. He told police he’d had two beers and had been on cold medication. He later told the El Paso Times that he was driving an intoxicated friend home, though no passenger is mentioned in the police reports.

This is pretty horrible stuff. And we all know that if @TedCruz had driven drunk, crashed his car, and then attempted to flee the accident scene that he’d be done in this race. Not exactly sure why @BetoORourke should be held to a different standard.https://t.co/hU0wBTqG7A pic.twitter.com/RSeScyvudY

— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) August 31, 2018

I knew Beto O'Rourke had a DWI. I thought it was your typical "22 yo blows a .09." I didn't realize that the circumstances behind it were so disgusting and appallingly irresponsible. Why is this the first time during the campaign we're hearing about this? https://t.co/r2I6SnpROe

— Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD) August 31, 2018

Why, indeed?

Because the media is garbage.

Oh, wait…was that a rhetorical question? https://t.co/x8ZFyDb2oU

— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) August 31, 2018

https://twitter.com/kebejay/status/1035552971608678401

Gross but accurate.

There's a diff btw a vanilla "DWI" & "drunkenly crashing into a truck and flying across the median, nearly killing oncoming drivers & then attempting to flee the scene only to be restrained by passers-by & blowing a .136." Don't play stupid with me.https://t.co/4mOe1kK5gz

— Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD) August 31, 2018

DWI, crash, and attempting to flee the scene at 26? No wonder Hollywood loves Beto. That's how stars spend their weekends.

— Harold Stickeehands (@StickeeNotes) August 31, 2018

https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/1035551585009582080

https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/1035554061687418880

That little (D) really does work wonders.

Because he really is Kennedyesque. https://t.co/t1eR5qwTDe

— BT (@back_ttys) August 31, 2018

They said he was Kennedyesque. Well …

— Matthew Stinson (@stinson) August 31, 2018

Only way this could get any more Kennedyesque is if Cruz's dad needs to deposit some books. https://t.co/LvuY0SynMt

— Cuffy (@CuffyMeh) August 31, 2018

Beto, who’s forever being compared to the Kennedys, is more of a Kennedy than anyone knew https://t.co/E8Lgo0sTyY

— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) August 31, 2018

Man, if only he killed a woman then he'd be perfect for Massachusetts. https://t.co/ts4mAyYemH

— siraj hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) August 31, 2018

https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/1035553414787330048

And his media fluffers won’t give a damn.

I remember when Mitt Romney allegedly gave a schoolmate a haircut at age 15 and it was a window into his monstrous soul. An *adult* Beto O'Rourke nearly kills people in a depravedly negligent drunk-driving accident and then tries to flee the scene, and it's "but people grow!"

— Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD) August 31, 2018

https://twitter.com/kebejay/status/1035554198513831936

What the Beto O'Rourke story tells us is that the national media was basically fed these glowing biographies by the campaign and didn't actually bother to do their own reporting.

And that, is why the fake news accusation sticks.

The press is an extension of the DNC.

— RBe (@RBPundit) August 31, 2018