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TexasTowelie

(112,167 posts) Mon Mar 18, 2019, 05:37 AM Mar 2019

GOP pastes leprechaun hat on Beto O'Rourke DWI mug shot in St. Patrick's Day 'drink responsibly'

GOP pastes leprechaun hat on Beto O'Rourke DWI mug shot in St. Patrick's Day 'drink responsibly' message

In a St. Patrick's Day taunt, the Republican Party invoked the stereotype of drunken Irishmen on Sunday to remind voters about Beto O'Rourke's DWI arrest 20 years ago -- posting a photo of his mug shot with a green leprechaun hat superimposed.

"On this St. Paddy's Day, a special message from noted Irishman Robert Francis O'Rourke. Please drink responsibly," said the tweet from the official GOP account.

Within an hour, more than 8,000 comments had been posted on the tweet, the overwhelming majority of them chiding the party.

"As an Irishman this is deplorable. As an American it is unpatriotic. As a human it is racist," tweeted Matthew Dowd, the chief strategist for President George W. Bush's re-election campaign in 2004, and now an ABC News political analyst.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/03/17/gop-pastes-leprechaun-hat-beto-orourke-dwi-mug-shot-st-patricks-day-drink-responsibly-message

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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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GOP pastes leprechaun hat on Beto O'Rourke DWI mug shot in St. Patrick's Day 'drink responsibly' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2019 OP

A gw bush DUI was discovered Cha Mar 2019 #1

I'm of Irish descent. And I found that tweet quite distasteful. Dennis Donovan Mar 2019 #2

I'm only 3% Irish, but I also found the tweet to be disgusting. TexasTowelie Mar 2019 #3

My sister just had her DNA done.. Cha Mar 2019 #5

Don't blame ya for being offended... disgusting RepuKKKelican display, as usual. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #7

Their tweet has more replies than likes Takket Mar 2019 #4

Good to know.. Thanks, Takket! Cha Mar 2019 #6

As they should. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #8

Nasty reference to his DWI. But don't expect anything better from the Rethugs. Nanjeanne Mar 2019 #9

Cha

(297,196 posts)

1. A gw bush DUI was discovered

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Mar 18, 2019, 05:44 AM

Mar 2019

right before election 2000 and his fans couldn't care less. Neither did the US media trying to blame Gore for leaking it.

That's the way I remember it.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)

2. I'm of Irish descent. And I found that tweet quite distasteful.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Mar 18, 2019, 05:57 AM

Mar 2019

I'm also a amateur genealogist, and I think of the struggle my ancestors endured when coming to this country. And, to have it boiled down to a hurtful stereotype pisses me off greatly!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

TexasTowelie

(112,167 posts)

3. I'm only 3% Irish, but I also found the tweet to be disgusting.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 18, 2019, 06:13 AM

Mar 2019

I hope that there are no Democrats that supports this nonsense, but I wouldn't be shocked if there are some that do since they view Beto's candidacy as an obstacle to their preferred candidate.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Cha

(297,196 posts)

5. My sister just had her DNA done..

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 18, 2019, 06:27 AM

Mar 2019

and discovered we're 54.6% British & Irish and 24.8% United Kingdom, Ireland French & German.

I have questions to ask her about this info.. but saw your percentage and thought I'd chime in.

As far as Beto.. repubs are stupid and their own worst enemies. Now they're insulting Irish..

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden