At a campaign stop in Wisconsin, Beto O’Rourke told voters he ditched cable in his home and now the family watches PBS on YouTube:
.@BetoORourke just told voters in Wisconsin "We just cut cable in our house" and says he watches PBS on YouTube.
(Curious choice for a millionaire candidate who will be all over cable news for a long time.)
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) March 17, 2019
So, like many American, Beto also doesn’t see the value of CNN and MSNBC?
Nobody cares about cable news! https://t.co/wpTWllcnJX
— Yang Gang Triumphant: Silver Juul Club (@ExtortionMndset) March 18, 2019
We’ll note that he’s already making his kids cry by running for president, and now he took away their cable, too?
It's going to be really interesting to see how the dad of young children is covered. Someone else tweeted this (sorry, don't remember who!) but it's hard to imagine the below exchange not being a SUPER big deal for a female candidate pic.twitter.com/T27lC5p1Hv
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) March 14, 2019
“Parody” warning:
This guy is just a parody at this point https://t.co/GJkQh4fULy
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) March 17, 2019
When you realize that everything he says is calculated pandering.
— Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) March 17, 2019
This man was engineered in a lab to make me laugh. https://t.co/CwRPrKwWx3
— prop op (@ProperOpinion) March 18, 2019
And are we supposed to buy the man-of-the-people act?
Meanwhile, Beto is cosplaying as an “average American” pic.twitter.com/fllp1urhh9
— Angela Morabito (@AngelaLMorabito) March 17, 2019
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Related:
Umm dude, this ain’t GOOD: CNN interview spells seriously BAD NEWS for Beto O’Rourke (watch) https://t.co/ztGnrz4EXQ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 18, 2019
Paul Krugman compares the @GOP to Nazis after a tweet featuring Beto O'Rourke's mugshot with a Photoshopped Leprechaun hat https://t.co/QstkR4Alri
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 18, 2019
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