Fox News anchor Bret Baier delivered a subtle jab at Beto O’Rourke, responding to the Texas Representative’s assertion that border walls are ‘racist’ by challenging him to take them all down in his state.
O’Rourke, who spent record amounts of money only to fall short in his quest to unseat Senator Ted Cruz this past election, was quoted in January of 2017 as saying President Trump’s proposed wall was flat-out racist.
“When you begin with the premise that Mexico is sending rapists and criminals to the U.S. and you meet that with a wall, that wall in itself is a racist reaction to a racist myth that does not reflect the reality of this country at all,” he said.
Former Investor’s Business Daily bureau chief Paul Sperry raised the quote again on social media, leading Baier to issue a question wondering if the potential 2020 presidential challenger would be willing to take down the current ‘racist’ barriers in his state.
That’s one way to describe it – But to be clear – would the Congressman like to take all the existing border barriers in his state down? https://t.co/qSotUEH1l9
— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) January 14, 2019
Walls Work
Democrats have, for many years, been referring to the wall as racist, wasteful, xenophobic, and more recently, “immoral.”
The fact is, they are none of these and they work.
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One such example can be seen in San Diego, where according to Rodney Scott, chief of that Border Patrol sector, revealed “not a single migrant climbed over the new border wall,” when a migrant caravan approached recently.
Guess where else it’s been pretty successful. How about in El Paso, Texas, a district in which Beto serves and has served in the city council?
“Federal data show a far-less imposing wall than the one Trump envisions — a two-story corrugated metal fence first erected under the Bush administration — already has dramatically curtailed both illegal border crossings and crime in Texas’ sixth-largest city, which borders the high-crime Mexican city of Juarez,” Sperry wrote in the New York Post one year ago.
Rep. Beto O’Rourke on Trump wall: “That wall in itself is a racist reaction to a racist myth that does not reflect the reality of this country at all.” Apparently, Beto doesn’t even know what’s good for his own district …https://t.co/vw7w12Jsck
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) January 14, 2019
The column goes on to note how violent crimes have plummeted since the fence in El Paso has been erected.
Looking Forward to Baier Challenging Lawmakers
Perhaps we’ll see more of this feisty version of Bret Baier going forward.
The Fox News anchor just signed a multiyear contract to continue his role on “Special Report.” The contract extends his time with the show and network well past the 2020 presidential election.
“Bret continues to be the gold standard not only across FNC, but the entire news industry and his reporting has played an integral role in the success and growth of the network,” Fox News president Jay Wallace said in a statement.
Baier’s show ranked sixth in the ratings for cable news programs this past year.
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I tend to refer to Robert Francis O’Rourke as “Master-Beta” since the wordplay presents something of a double entendre and it fits.
I am pleased the President and Senator Cruz are Alpha-wolves rather than Betas.
I tend to refer to Robert Francis O’Rourke as “Master-Beta” since the wordplay presents something of a double entendre and it fits.
I am pleased the President and Senator Cruz are Alpha-wolves rather than Betas.
Hey Little Betty, go fornicate yourself.
Hey Little Betty, go fornicate yourself.
As usual, all this claptrap about the wall being racist and immoral is just smoke and mirrors to disguise the real agenda – creating a new, virtually unlimited, voting constituency for the Democrat Party. Nothing more, nothing less. The Democrats are very skilled at this game of creating nearly impenetrable fog around every issue to make it seem like they and they alone are on the side of the angels. The illegal immigration issue is a classic case in point. They are like windsocks, blowing whichever way the politics of the moment leads them. A few short years ago, the wind was blowing from a different quarter and they were all in favor of shutting down the tide of illegal immigrants, but now Trump is POTUS and their political fortunes of late have been disappointing, so they’re in favor of open borders. Laughably, if Trump declared that the sun rises in the east, the Democrats would try to prove some evil intent on his part and declare his statement to be racist, misogynistic, homophobic, Islamophobic, and all the other vast panoply of villainies they constantly attribute to him. That they’e able to do this with a straight face is truly astonishing. That so many people are taken in by it is even more so.
As usual, all this claptrap about the wall being racist and immoral is just smoke and mirrors to disguise the real agenda – creating a new, virtually unlimited, voting constituency for the Democrat Party. Nothing more, nothing less. The Democrats are very skilled at this game of creating nearly impenetrable fog around every issue to make it seem like they and they alone are on the side of the angels. The illegal immigration issue is a classic case in point. They are like windsocks, blowing whichever way the politics of the moment leads them. A few short years ago, the wind was blowing from a different quarter and they were all in favor of shutting down the tide of illegal immigrants, but now Trump is POTUS and their political fortunes of late have been disappointing, so they’re in favor of open borders. Laughably, if Trump declared that the sun rises in the east, the Democrats would try to prove some evil intent on his part and declare his statement to be racist, misogynistic, homophobic, Islamophobic, and all the other vast panoply of villainies they constantly attribute to him. That they’e able to do this with a straight face is truly astonishing. That so many people are taken in by it is even more so.
Jack, I live in Kentucky, also and I agree 110%.
Jack, I live in Kentucky, also and I agree 110%.
I live in Kentucky and see that 💩all the way up here and I watch that lying piece of 💩Beto the beaver toothed COMMUNIST and his Dumbassrats rants !! That pile of communism was never heard of till the COMMUNIST piece of 💩started trying to uproot Ted Cruz !!! BUILD THAT WALL AND PUT GUN TOWERS EVERY 100’,’ ARMED with MINI GUNS !!!!
I live in Kentucky and see that 💩all the way up here and I watch that lying piece of 💩Beto the beaver toothed COMMUNIST and his Dumbassrats rants !! That pile of communism was never heard of till the COMMUNIST piece of 💩started trying to uproot Ted Cruz !!! BUILD THAT WALL AND PUT GUN TOWERS EVERY 100’,’ ARMED with MINI GUNS !!!!
As long as we are free to leave the USA then walls are ABSOLUTELY needed. The Mexican is prone to be a thief…ask any Texan.
As long as we are free to leave the USA then walls are ABSOLUTELY needed. The Mexican is prone to be a thief…ask any Texan.
Robert was unknown outside of El Paso and backed by tons of Californians money who thought they deserved a third Senator.
Robert was unknown outside of El Paso and backed by tons of Californians money who thought they deserved a third Senator.
I HAVE LIVED IN TEXAS MY WHOLE LIFE. BETO AND WILL HUED ARE FRAUDS. THEY THINK THEY KNOW MORE AND BETTER THAN THE BORDER PATROL!!!
Please use his real name, what ever it is… beano/bateo/ is an alias. Sop buying into the bs the communist push.
Please use his real name, what ever it is… beano/bateo/ is an alias. Sop buying into the bs the communist push.
Actually, most “sane, informed people,” DO NOT want ANYONE in OUR country, who brings harm to it, NO matter what color they are.
I tend to refer to Robert Francis O’Rourke as “Master-Beta” since the wordplay presents something of a double entendre and it fits.
I am pleased the President and Senator Cruz are Alpha-wolves rather than Betas.
Hey Little Betty, go fornicate yourself.
As usual, all this claptrap about the wall being racist and immoral is just smoke and mirrors to disguise the real agenda – creating a new, virtually unlimited, voting constituency for the Democrat Party. Nothing more, nothing less. The Democrats are very skilled at this game of creating nearly impenetrable fog around every issue to make it seem like they and they alone are on the side of the angels. The illegal immigration issue is a classic case in point. They are like windsocks, blowing whichever way the politics of the moment leads them. A few short years ago, the wind was blowing from a different quarter and they were all in favor of shutting down the tide of illegal immigrants, but now Trump is POTUS and their political fortunes of late have been disappointing, so they’re in favor of open borders. Laughably, if Trump declared that the sun rises in the east, the Democrats would try to prove some evil intent on his part and declare his statement to be racist, misogynistic, homophobic, Islamophobic, and all the other vast panoply of villainies they constantly attribute to him. That they’e able to do this with a straight face is truly astonishing. That so many people are taken in by it is even more so.
I live in Kentucky and see that 💩all the way up here and I watch that lying piece of 💩Beto the beaver toothed COMMUNIST and his Dumbassrats rants !! That pile of communism was never heard of till the COMMUNIST piece of 💩started trying to uproot Ted Cruz !!! BUILD THAT WALL AND PUT GUN TOWERS EVERY 100’,’ ARMED with MINI GUNS !!!!
Jack, I live in Kentucky, also and I agree 110%.
As long as we are free to leave the USA then walls are ABSOLUTELY needed. The Mexican is prone to be a thief…ask any Texan.
Robert was unknown outside of El Paso and backed by tons of Californians money who thought they deserved a third Senator.
I HAVE LIVED IN TEXAS MY WHOLE LIFE. BETO AND WILL HUED ARE FRAUDS. THEY THINK THEY KNOW MORE AND BETTER THAN THE BORDER PATROL!!!
Please use his real name, what ever it is… beano/bateo/ is an alias. Sop buying into the bs the communist push.
Actually, most “sane, informed people,” DO NOT want ANYONE in OUR country, who brings harm to it, NO matter what color they are.