Beto O’Rourke interrupted the Wednesday press conference of Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas officials disrupted the press conference Gov. It didn’t go down well and was rightly called a crass, political stunt by many including Senator Ted Cruz (R.TX), who was one of the officials on the stage addressing the tragedy.
It was disgusting to see the law enforcement briefing interrupted today by a crass political stunt. pic.twitter.com/LdyGP3asiD
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 26, 2022
Beto received positive media coverage from liberal media, including CNN’s Chris Cillizza who stated that now was the right time to use “political energy” for gun control. This just demonstrated how far they would go in describing such a tragedy as useful for their political momentum.
He may have thought it was beneficial for his campaign, but he doesn’t really understand Texas voters who won’t be able to forgive him for what he did. While it might be helpful for people on the extreme left, it won’t help him with Texas voters.
TIME’s most insulting and funny take on Beto was perhaps the one that was not intended. It was clearly trying to make him look brave and heroic. They mistakenly called Beto “Beta” when they were tweeting about his confrontation with Abbott over “gun control.”
Correction: Beto O’Rourke confronts Texas Gov. Abbott about gun control during Uvalde press conference https://t.co/rtRG3W6gh4
The original version of this tweet misspelled Beto O’Rourke’s name. It is Beto, not Beta pic.twitter.com/klZ2W9nV8w
— TIME (@TIME) May 25, 2022
The original tweet misspelled Beto O’Rourke’s name. It’s Beto and not Beta. Oh my. Is that an innocent error or are TIME interns more knowledgeable than we might think? That’s a bit of a correction. Many people responded that they were correct at first and that Robert Francis is his real name. This could be the moment when liberal media finally gets it right, for once.
greatest unintentional own of all Time https://t.co/mR2F0nBXSK
— Thomas G Phippen (@ThomasPhippen) May 26, 2022
Somehow Babylon Bee got back into Twitter disguised as Time….if not, Time is guilty of the most apropos Freudian slip in political history: the ultimate #Beta archetype. https://t.co/XEzGMUrfTd
— David Asman (@DavidAsmanfox) May 26, 2022
He wanted attention. He now has it. He may not have the one he wanted.