Beto running against Hot Wheels in Texas
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Yinny
Sweet and Sour Patch Mom
Let me manage the campaign, happy to heap tons of disrespect on behalf of Texas Dems :puppy eyes emoji:
Secure Da Bag
Veteran
"I'll ban all guns" Beto is running for governor of Texas? 
Yinny
Sweet and Sour Patch Mom
Tell me that’s not a direct quote please."I'll ban all guns" Beto is running for governor of Texas?
Secure Da Bag
Veteran
He didn't say that:
"“Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47,” O’Rourke famously said to roaring applause from a crowd at Texas Southern University. “We’re not going to allow it to be used against our fellow Americans anymore.”"
“Most of us understand the responsibility that comes with owning a firearm, and we will vigorously protect that Second Amendment right and also protect the lives of those around us,” he said. “But I think most of us also understand that we should not have military-style weapons used against our fellow Texans. We have four of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history right here in Texas that took place over the last five years.”
I found this interesting, I guess polls might be leaning a little left:
But in 2019, a poll found that there were more Texans who said they supported a mandatory buyback program to turn in all assault weapons than those who opposed it. Nearly half of Texans supported the buyback program, while about 29% said they opposed it, according to a poll by the University of Texas at Tyler. The rest of the respondents either were neutral or unsure.
A University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll from October 2019 found that 59% of Texas voters support a nationwide ban on semiautomatic weapons, compared to 33% who oppose the policy. The approval rating included 86% of Democrats, 56% of independents and 35% of Republicans."
Beto O’Rourke went after assault rifles in his run for president. Will that hurt him with gun-loving Texans?
"“Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47,” O’Rourke famously said to roaring applause from a crowd at Texas Southern University. “We’re not going to allow it to be used against our fellow Americans anymore.”"
“Most of us understand the responsibility that comes with owning a firearm, and we will vigorously protect that Second Amendment right and also protect the lives of those around us,” he said. “But I think most of us also understand that we should not have military-style weapons used against our fellow Texans. We have four of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history right here in Texas that took place over the last five years.”
I found this interesting, I guess polls might be leaning a little left:
But in 2019, a poll found that there were more Texans who said they supported a mandatory buyback program to turn in all assault weapons than those who opposed it. Nearly half of Texans supported the buyback program, while about 29% said they opposed it, according to a poll by the University of Texas at Tyler. The rest of the respondents either were neutral or unsure.
A University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll from October 2019 found that 59% of Texas voters support a nationwide ban on semiautomatic weapons, compared to 33% who oppose the policy. The approval rating included 86% of Democrats, 56% of independents and 35% of Republicans."
Beto O’Rourke went after assault rifles in his run for president. Will that hurt him with gun-loving Texans?
"I'll ban all guns" Beto is running for governor of Texas?
Im actually quite intrigued to see how he plays that off in this campaign.
Yinny
Sweet and Sour Patch Mom
Thank you, I skipped much of this (election sphere and debates/Dem field), not because the ideas aren’t worth it but the 25-dwindle is absurd.
Secure Da Bag
Veteran
Well if @JJ Lions is right about more than half of Texans support assault rifles buyback, then he should have a much better chance of winning. If we're being honest, if he didn't make that comment, he'd have his choice of Governor or Senator.
Yinny
Sweet and Sour Patch Mom
We also have a gerrymandering issue, I’m super behind on my reading/papers as I work a lot but I called this before I moved here/finally settled.
Give people an inch and they take a mile. Hes 100% going to be painted as anti 2nd amendment in a gun loving state. He can say what he wants but theyll just say "it starts with the assault weapons, next thing you know it's all guns, admit it beto". Then it's a question of believability.
He has a chance but regardless of what he meant during that debate it created an uphill battle for him politically in texas. We'll see how it plays out
Those comments were made while running for the Dem nod/President, so they played better at the time. More for the general population.
Running for Gov of Texas, he just needs to drill it down and be very clear. It's not all guns, just certain types. And if most Texans agree with him, won't be as big a deal. It'll fire up the right as this topic usually does but I'm not sure about everybody else.
I'm sure more current polls will be coming out on this issue.
Dems are better off running Matthew McConaughey
Secure Da Bag
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ZoeGod
I’m from Brooklyn a place where stars are born.
His guns comment is not gonna go well with Texans. Texans love their Ar-15s. and AK-47s. He is gonna lose again.