O'Rourke Won't Unconditionally Support Any Democrat

[RandySF]

“Beto O’Rourke on Friday refused to commit his unconditional support to Democrats down the ticket in 2020 should he secure his party’s nomination, in a contentious exchange with a New Hampshire voter,” CNN reports.

Said O’Rourke: “I can’t take a pledge to support every single Democrat in the country. I need to know about them first, right? Would you want me to make a blanket commitment about people I know nothing about, who I’ve never met?



https://politicalwire.com/2019/05/10/orourke-wont-unconditionally-support-any-democrat/

[Indygram]

1. Misleading title...which makes for bogus click bait

He has given 100% commitment to support AND work his ass off for whoever is the presidential nominee.

And he is 100% right not to give a blanket endorsement and support of every Democrat running for every office all across the country. When you have idiots like Roy Moore running (And Dems have some kooks too) you sure as hell don't blindly support people.

[JI7]

2. he is probably referring to questionable types

that aren't really Democrats. especially in right wing areas.

in his Senate run he did a lot to help other Democrats who actually did end up winning becsuse he was able to help get turn out.

[Indygram]

3. Yes, because you NEVER want to support some whackadoodle like Roy Moore

or Anthony Weiner...

[dalton99a]

6. Exactly.

[Cha]

4. Yeah, the body of the post explains

Why! And, I agree.

And, kind of a stupid question.

[TwilightZone]

5. I suspect about 90% of DU wouldn't "unconditionally support" Joe Manchin, so...

Beto's statement is a reasonable one.

Plus, David Duke ran as a Dem a couple of times. I wouldn't expect Beto to support him if he decided to do so again. I don't think anyone would.

[TeamPooka]

9. He's talking like a back bench House member, not the leader of our party.

[Indygram]

15. No, he's talking like a responsible person who won't make uninformed promises

Exactly the type of person suited to be president.

[TeamPooka]

20. it sounds like he's afraid of the progressive wing of the party

Cause we don’t nominate any Roy Moore’s in this party.

[TwilightZone]

18. Sounds more to me like someone who isn't making unreasonable campaign promises...

just to pander to voters. Absolutism is rarely the answer to anything.

[TeamPooka]

19. God forbid anyone rallies, unites, and leads. Better to play it safe

And hedge your bets.
That way we can succeed like we did in 2010

[JI7]

7. so the right wing wont get to pay some shitty type to run for office

and then claim Beto is supporting him.

as far as the democratic nomination for president goes, Beto has said it's important to support whoever will be the nominee . if he does not end up the nominee he will fully support whoever does. he stressed how important it was.

[TeamPooka]

8. Well, if you want a fucking Democratic House and Senate to support your efforts if

you are lucky enough to win the nomination and the general then you better fucking support every Democrat that wins their party's nomination.
If you don't support all Democrats you can't post here, by the way.
be a shame if Beto couldn't meet DU standards

[dalton99a]

10. Biden didn't endorse Matt Longjohn

who was actually a good Democrat and had the support of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

[TeamPooka]

11. Yeah Joe is stuck in the past where he thinks Publicans are good people

[Indygram]

13. Beto NEVER says anything bad about Democrats

Not supporting someone is NOT the same as opposing someone. Anthony Weiner was a Democrat. Would you support him? Trump used to be a Democrat. If he switched party would you support him? I doubt it.

That question in the original post is like asking someone to sign a contract without reading it.

[JI7]

14. of course he will support most. he just isn't going to make a statement that can easily be used

against him in cases of some rare idiot that nobody would support.

[Indygram]

16. So you would endorse Anthony Weiner if he ran again?

eom

[Midwestern Democrat]

17. There are limits - remember when Congressman William Jefferson of LA got caught red handed taking

bribes and was facing certain conviction (he wound up serving over five years in prison) and yet he still somehow managed to win the Democratic primary in 2008 - would you really expect a Democratic presidential nominee to support a man like that?

[delisen]

12. Of course O'Rourke wants our votes even tho most of us will not meet him

Maybe he needed to find a way to commit to not supporting Republican candidates.