ST BETO THE TRANSFORMER
Plain old Robert Francis O’Rourke is better known as Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, the magical transforming Irish-Mexican.
Plain old Robert Francis O’Rourke is better known as Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, the magical transforming Irish-Mexican:
How far will the liberal media go to boost Beto O'Rourke's Hispanic street cred? In an article published today, the Associated Press wrote that in a speech he gave in his hometown of El Paso:
"O'Rourke also spoke at length in his native Spanish, eliciting loud and sustained cheers."
"Native Spanish?" Sorry, AP, but Beto is an American-born, fourth-generation Irish-American. He doesn't seem ever to have lived in a Spanish-speaking country. His native language is inglés – sorry, English.
In other US political developments, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez remains absolutely clueless.
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