This is nasty.
Beto O'Rourke made headlines a number of weeks ago for his incredible answer to a question regarding Colin Kaepernick's decision to kneel during the national anthem, in protest of police brutality.
If you haven't seen it, take a look here. It's quite powerful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGWmh-maevk
Clip via NowThis News
O'Rourke has been gaining a lot of attention, to the point that the man he is running against for Senator, Ted Cruz, has gone out of his way to address him at a recent rally in Texas.
According to
DallasNews, Cruz and his followers were chanting "Send him back to Ireland", at one point during the rally.
https://twitter.com/dallasnews/status/1036715709634670593
O'Rourke is a fourth generation Irishman, so we feel that "sending him back to Ireland", would probably be a little bit harsh.
Ted Cruz himself, full name Rafael Edward Cruz, is a descendant of immigrants.
At one event in 2015, he even went as far as to say: "I'm Cuban, Irish, and Italian, and yet somehow I ended up Southern Baptist."
Maybe he forgot...
Cruz is currently serving as the Senator from Texas, a position which O'Rourke is eager to take from him.
Recently, Cruz criticised O'Rourke for swearing while answering questions at a conference.
He took to Twitter to call him out for his heinous crime...
https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1036669764846977025
