Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke campaigned during his 2012 congressional race on a platform that called for"significant" spending cuts and tax increases to balance the federal budget, along with possibly changing Social Security to address the United States'"extravagant government" and"out of control" debt.
A CNN KFile review of interviews, debates, newspaper articles and ads from O'Rourke's 2012 race reveals more about his past views and beliefs as he seeks the Democratic nomination in 2020. O'Rourke at the time endorsed cuts to defense and domestic spending in the middle and long term, along with seriously considering changes to Social Security and tax laws that would do away with some tax breaks.
Beto has TWICE the funding of Cruz and lost. He lost to Ted Cruz. What am I missing?
🇨🇺Singing “Aaaay ya ya yayyyyy. Canta y no llores...” (no cowbell) If dude can pull off a bunny suit, he can get away with just about anything. Or let’s hope...
🇨🇺He’s
'We'll have to look at future generations retiring at a later age, paying a greater percentage of their income into Social Security, and making other necessary adjustments.' - 2012 Beto In contrast, Bernie has a plan to expand Social Security. Bernie2020
Beto's Excuse for writing sick stories about killing Children: 'he was just a dum 16 years old who didn't know better, but hey let's lower the voting age to 16!. 🤣🤣🤣
NEXT Candidate. Enter from the left.
Does this man not understand that it’s rude and socially unacceptable to stand on a table top. Do we need something like this for President? Think about it...
Is he standing on a table where people will eat?
BetoORourke like you & the rest of the libs all want to steal what they can from anyone that has ingenuity enough to become wealthy. Now I guess social security recipients are considered fair game along with infants breaching the womb-dead on or just after their 1st breath🖕🏼
BetoORourke is an awkward and weird dude! I can’t imagine him trying to eat soup and talk at the same time—those Pavlovian talking jazz hands! FoxNews realDonaldTrump seanhannity IngrahamAngle JudgeJeanine dbongino JesseBWatters SenateDems SenateGOP laugh!
Why is he standing on that table?
Look at everyone lapping up a post with no receipts
Has the GOP teamed up with Bernie’s NeverHillary to try and end Betos campaign?
Bring the Receipts, Don't just post it & expect ppl to buy it
Beto is a poser. More like the suede denim secret police than a punk.
Look out. Here comes Beto Bot.
He will never be nominated.
I can fly!!!
Yet another Democratic comedy tour? These are getting funnier by the day.
Oh, you mean “Robert Francis”. Let’s not continue this farce of nick names and Propaganda. He’s not Hispanic...
speaks for itself
Calling yourself Beto when it is Robert is racist
He has zero ideas. All he does is stand on tables (which is gross), and waves his arms.
Wacky inflatable arm guy
He Destroys his Enemies bye making them friends
What a nit-wit panzie Beto is! He had to apologize to the leftist Democrats for being a privileged white guy that should have been a better husband and father after making an everyday family decision about work to make money for his family...no backbone not a presidential guy!!
Why are his arms spread out like that? Is he part Teradactyl?
yeah. sounds like a real winner. tax us into prosperity. 😂
And rainbows and unicorns will roam the earth
Is it just me or is he always standing on top of a table or a chair or something?
Stop foreign wars, and yall gonna have enough money ina ya pockets
Oh come on that was then and this is now whatever serves the moment to get someone elected
Idiot.
Cmon let’s call him bonzo!!! bonzoorourke He likes made up pandering branding names appropriated from minorities! Yay! And he’s another empty nobody for some reason with lots of celebrity. Enough already! Go bonzo!
Social security is not the problem Beto Gov bailouts to Banks like the one in the housing crisis, looking out for the big donors your entrusting with to care for your campaign, or Wells Fargo risky loan for the Dakota oil pipeline not liable for any fallout for any bio damage
The death toll of last weekend’s massacre of Nigerian Christians by militant Muslim Fulani herdsmen has risen to at least 200, according to a report released Friday by Open Doors, an organization that monitors Christian persecution
Robert Francis O’Rourke has a lot of policies and changes but has yet to say how any of them can be accomplished. Furthermore, Robert is all in for 3rd trimester abortion, he’s an ex-con, a drunk, and mentally unstable.
So essentially a sane Republican circa 1990.
Fly little bird 🐦😂
HALT all welfare payments of all sort to any non-citizen. Budget will be just fine thereafter.
So .. because I notice shit. The blonde facing him is checking out his crotch... and the chick with the strap.. noticed and is giving her the stink eye. You're welcome.
“Look mom no hands!”
unless he wants to tax the super rich like his father in-law, ordinary people can't afford their prescription drugs to stay alive.
Let talk about his book, no? Lol! He is a joke. I just can’t wait till after this election, imagine President Trump with the house back and the senate! Oooooh boy, the deep state better start sweating!! The obamas, Clinton’s, obamas justice dept. they are all going to prison😂😂
'Beto'
In 2012 we were okay with Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Kevin Spacey, Louis CK. We also thought the world was going to end in December of that year. Come on, CNN. This is not 2012 anymore. People change with new information and in new circumstances.
changing SSI how?
For everything against anything. All over the map like a red push pin