Beto O'Rourke

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

There are more than 1 million Democrats that we can register to vote in Texas with your help. Imagine their power at the ballot box in November as we work to defeat Donald Trump and elect a Democratic State House in Texas. Sign up to join us this Monday: https://t.co/trlfWfYHAf — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

We need to elect this man President. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

While the man in the highest political office shows no leadership, a man who holds no political office absolutely defines it. Thank you @KillerMike — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

“If we want to bring about real change, then the choice isn’t between protest and politics. We have to do both. We have to mobilize to raise awareness, and we have to organize and cast our ballots to make sure that we elect candidates who will act on reform.” — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

There will be no justice for George Floyd until all of his killers are tried & convicted. No justice until police are held accountable for murdering those they are sworn to serve & protect, everywhere in this country. No justice until all Americans are truly equal under the law. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

RT @evanasmith: .@alexazura: @GovAbbott @DanPatrick @KenPaxtonTX, who all oppose expanding vote by mail, have all [checks notes] voted by m… — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

There are more than 1 million Democrats who have moved to Texas but haven’t yet registered to vote here. There’s a phone bank on Monday to call them & make sure they help decide the most important election of our lives. We could use your help. https://t.co/vtBQtz6fAo — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

WHAT IF the very state which was so long kept from realizing its potential and power because of government-sponsored racist suppression, was the same state to throw off the most racist, voter-suppressing President of our lifetime? — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

... deprive Donald Trump the 38 electoral college votes that will — more than anything else in any other state — once and for all end his Presidency and his efforts to undermine and destroy this country. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

This is what we must overcome. And to do that we must win elections in Texas, against these odds and against these efforts to suppress voting. Replace the current TX Supreme Court. Elect a Democratic majority to the Texas legislature for the first time in 20 years... and — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

The problem is with the frauds in office. Abbott, Patrick & Paxton (enabled by this bought-and-paid-for TX Supreme Court) claiming voter fraud where none exists, trying to force Texans to decide between their lives and their right to vote (TX leads country in COVID spread). — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

The truth is, there is no statistically meaningful problem with voter fraud in Texas or in this country (for ex: over the last two decades, about 0.00006% of total vote-by-mail votes cast were fraudulent). — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

Suppression that deprives our fellow citizens of their constitutional rights. Suppression that denies all of us the true and full genius of the electorate - and has left Texas with profound problems in healthcare, climate, education, criminal justice, to name a few. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

By 2014 Texas has lowest voter turnout in the U.S. Voter ID laws, racist gerrymandering (‘81, ‘03, ‘11) & more than a century of intimidation directed at black & Latino voters (all in the name of preventing voter fraud) have achieved the desired effect: massive voter suppression. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

Then in 2013 the U.S. Supreme Court neuters the Voting Rights Act, and the federal backstop against disenfranchisement in Texas is removed. Immediately Texas implements the most restrictive voter ID laws in the country (“to prevent voter fraud”). — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

By mid 1970s, thanks to Voting Rights Act, federal government begins to “pre-clear” changes to voting rolls and voting laws in Texas and strikes down the state’s efforts to exclude blacks and Latinos. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

In 1966 the poll tax is struck down in Texas. In response, the Governor passes legislation requiring voters to re-register every year - to “prevent voter fraud.” — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

In 1923 the legislature enables dominant Democratic party to run a whites-only primary. Thanks to civil rights champions like El Pasoan Lawrence Nixon, who took the fight to the Supreme Court twice, this was eventually overturned. BUT IT TOOK 20 YEARS. https://t.co/vhWVbx1bh9 — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

In 1918, Texas targets immigrants through legislation that bans interpreters at the polls and forbids naturalized citizens from receiving assistance from election judges unless they have been citizens for 21 years. (“To prevent voter fraud.”) — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

Those in power in Texas have ALWAYS tried to keep blacks and Latinos from voting. 1902 poll tax requirement in order to vote in Texas “to prevent voter fraud” but the intended goal was to keep blacks, Latinos and poor whites from voting, and it worked. https://t.co/wcgiZjJW7J — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

To put the Texas Supreme Court’s craven, chickenshit ruling on mail-in ballots from this week in perspective — it helps to understand some of the history of voter suppression in Texas. (They’ll tell you it’s about voter fraud, but I think we all know what’s happening.) ...thread — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

RT @BarackObama: My statement on the death of George Floyd: https://t.co/Hg1k9JHT6R — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

RT @igorvolsky: 1/ This line in Trump’s tweet: “when the looting starts, the shooting starts”... is a quote from Miami Police Chief Walter… — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

ter·ror·ism /ˈterəˌrizəm/ noun: terrorism the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

Trump shared a video that begins “the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.” Remember: when he referred to immigrants & asylum seekers as an “invasion”, an “infestation”, as “animals” they - and anyone perceived to be an immigrant - became targets. 23 people murdered in El Paso. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

Want to help us win the biggest battleground state in the country? We’re calling 1 million+ Dems who’ve moved to Texas in last few years to make sure they update their voter registration. Last night we made 192,062 calls. Join us for Monday’s phone bank: https://t.co/vtBQtz6fAo — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

RT @ava: You deserved your breath, your dignity, your life. Not to die in the street, murdered by a white cop’s knee on your neck. You dese… — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

@emzisgolden Thank you Em!!! — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

@kristywoods Thank you for doing it! Tough but necessary. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

To the service members and their families who have been willing to give their lives to this country: thank you. As we honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice, let us also resolve to better care for those who’ve survived. — PolitiTweet.org