Beto O'Rourke slams media for its handling of mass shooting coverage, "Trump is inciting violence"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON – Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, slammed the media for what he saw as a failure to "connect the dots" between President Donald Trump's rhetoric and the El Paso, Texas, mass shooting that took the lives of at least 20 people and is being investigated as a potential hate crime.

O'Rourke, a Democratic presidential candidate, represented El Paso in the House of Representatives from January 2013 to January 2019. He had been speaking at a vigil for victims of the shooting when he was asked what he thought Trump could do to make things better.

The question seemed to strike a nerve with O'Rourke.

“What do you think? You know the sh-- he’s been saying. He’s been calling Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals," O'Rourke said in a video posted by Sky News. "I don’t know, like, members of the press, what the f---?”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/breakingnews/beto-orourke-slams-media-for-its-handling-of-mass-shooting-coverage-says-trump-is-inciting-violence/ar-AAFmNrU?li=BBnb7Kz

[OldDem65]

1. There is actual video now

Link to tweet

and a better version is here from that same twitter thread.

Link to tweet

[quickesst]

2. Beto must not....

.... watch Morning Joe who along with Mika, and their entire panel were all over that shit this morning as they are every morning. As a matter of fact, once there was a somewhat legitimate connection to Trump with the killers manifesto, MSNBC, and CNN were making that connection on air. Faux News was sugar coating, covering up, and coming up with lame ass explanations, but that's par for the course on that station.

[JI7]

5. that's just one show. he was referring to many others who do the both sides crap

and other things to avoid telling the truth about trump.

[quickesst]

8. I mostly watch MSNBC

So, besides Faux News, and probably Chuck Todd, who else is doing the both sides junk? Just curious because I obviously don't know.

[JI7]

9. cnn all the time

[quickesst]

10. ok

Got it. Except for Don Lemon occasionally I rarely watch CNN. Thanks

[Blue_true]

11. Beto is right. The news media isn't doing a fucking thing to call that orange asshole out.

The media cover their asses out of fear that he will call the truth fake news. The news media is about as useful as tits on a prized bull right now, maybe even less useful.

[ismnotwasm]

3. Okay, Beto gets a lot of credit for this

He didn’t think, he just said what needs to be said

[George II]

4. Not to criticize O'Rourke, but over the weekend I've been surprised at how much time...

...has been devoted to connecting the El Paso shooting to trump's hate speech on CNN (don't watch MSNBC enough to say)

I was actually glad they've done so. This morning Poppy Harlowe/Jim Sciutto had five guests on at the same time talking about this - four "liberal" people and that idiot Dave Urban. Most of it centered around how trump is inciting things like this. They even showed that video of him in Florida recently when somebody said "shoot them" and he said "only in the panhandle".

Thankfully they're FINALLY emphasizing the obvious connection.

[OldDem65]

6. I don't think they would have done it if O'Rourke had not come out of the gate swinging like he did

He really set the tone. He sure isn't letting up on Trump one bit. Have you seen his tweets?

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[quickesst]

12. Morning Joe....

....has been connecting Trump to inciting violence for some time now. Long before Beto O'Rourke called out the media. I'm not saying Beto O'Rourke is wrong, but he shouldn't have used they all inclusive broad blanket. I'll refer you to the date of the article.
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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough passionately insists Trump is 'trying to move people to violence'. April 29, 2019

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough tore into President Trump on Monday morning, accusing him of inciting violence and arguing he has blood on his hands.
The MSNBC host went on to speak directly to Trump, telling him that "the blood that is spilled is on your hands, from white nationalists and people who listen to that sort of rhetoric," which he said is "so far beyond dog whistles." It's "just obvious" that Trump is "inciting violence" and is "unfit to be president of the United States," Scarborough fumed.

More with video at link:
https://theweek.com/speedreads/838181/msnbcs-joe-scarborough-passionately-insists-trump-trying-move-people-violence

[Gothmog]

7. Yeah for Beto