We reported earlier how Beto O’Rourke tried to hijack the press conference that Gov. Greg Abbott and other Texas officials held a press conference regarding the Uvalde mass shooting.
Many found the actions of O’Rourke unconscionable given that people had to deal with this kind of tragedy. However, some left-leaning members of Congress praised them. Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) compared O’Rourke to the “Tank Man” from the Tiananmen Square massacre in a horrible take, claiming Beto was “speaking truth to power.” Phillips subsequently deleted the tweet.
Beto tried to disrupt the grief-stricken people, but a man from the crowd interrupted him. Cody Ytuarte, a carpenter who was there for family affected by the shooting, was near O’Rourke when he began his outburst at the presser. According to the Huffington Post, Ytuarte responded to O’Rourke, “This is propaganda, bro. Move on. You’re trash, man.”
Ytuarte explains why he interrupted Beto: “There’s a time and a place to address certain things like that. To do it in the moment in which the tragedy is being addressed so recently … is pure propaganda.” pic.twitter.com/gx5AjZz9ez
— Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) May 25, 2022
Ytuarte left the Democrats because of their policies, including “division about race policies” that drove him away.
Ytuarte is 38 years old and a Democrat. He explained to me that he has left the party since 2008 because he believes Democrats have started exaggerating race, even in policing. pic.twitter.com/0cMYGqbTo5
— Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) May 25, 2022
Additionally, he is concerned about increased gun regulations.
Ytuarte does not support additional gun regulations. pic.twitter.com/jtp6lwMF0b
— Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) May 25, 2022
He said he liked Trump’s mean tweets and it was “obvious,” especially with what we were facing now, that Trump’s policies were better. He said he also rejected Trump’s mischaracterization of liberal media.
Finally, I asked Ytuarte about Trump’s likeness. “I really enjoyed his mean tweets.” He thinks media took comments out of context to make Trump seem racist. pic.twitter.com/DCQszjeSJz
— Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) May 25, 2022
Ytuarte’s grandparents immigrated from Mexico. He doesn’t speak much Spanish. Like many South Texans in rural South Texas, he’s very hawkish regarding undocumented migration.
— Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) May 25, 2022
This sounds like there is a lot to be true and some common sense. Uvalde lost 14 points to Trump in 2020. We’ve seen this move of Hispanic voters away from the Democrats driven by sense like this and the realization that the policies of Republicans are better, that those of Democrats are more extreme and not helpful for your life. Beto’s interruption of the presser served as further evidence of the extreme position of the Democrats and why people are leaving them in droves.
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