After eating ice cream for breakfast, Beto O'Rourke defends his policy-free website during stop in Pennsylvania

Greg P. | 12:01 PM on March 19, 2019

Bet O’Rourke is in Pennsylvania today eating ice cream — for breakfast — and meeting with potential voters at Penn State University:

Nothing like some Penn State dairy to start off the morning in the Happy Valley. pic.twitter.com/Ps1Exbj2zq

— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) March 19, 2019

And while the ladies (except for Kamala Harris) running for the 2020 Democratic nomination wasted tons of resources putting policies on their campaign websites, Beto brushed off a question on when voters will get “actual policy from you instead of platitudes.” You see, his website, which sells merchandise, is totally policy-free:

In State College, O'Rourke encounters a skeptical questioner, who asks 2 pointed questions:
– When will you release number of donors from 24-hour haul and average donation size?
– Your website has no policy on it. "When will we get actual policy from you instead of platitudes?"

— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) March 19, 2019

O'Rourke's answers:
– "We will release the average & number of donors." (Questioner asks when & O'Rourke doesn't say.)
– O'Rourke says he's "trying to be as specific as I can" & cites a few areas where he's suggested specific policies (i.e., on health care, Medicare for America).

— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) March 19, 2019

Yes, policy is important, but Elizabeth Warren doesn’t post photos eating fast food:

The single most frustrating part of campaign coverage so far has been seeing Warren go so under-covered. Her ideas are exciting. She has done the work of gaming out solutions – what her policies will look like and how she'll pay for them. She's warm & engaging. Yet she's ignored.

— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) March 19, 2019