{"id":1498970,"date":"2022-05-31T21:14:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T01:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1498970"},"modified":"2022-05-31T21:14:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T01:14:48","slug":"fact-check-did-beto-orourke-tweet-its-time-to-ban-gun-ownership-across-the-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-beto-orourke-tweet-its-time-to-ban-gun-ownership-across-the-board\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Beto O\u2019Rourke Tweet \u2018It\u2019s Time To Ban Gun Ownership Across The Board\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-beto-orourke-tweet-its-time-to-ban-gun-ownership-across-the-board%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1498970&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/durnyank\/posts\/pfbid0VFyq8LmowipTCiA87cCVMyWGaP8MgnKh2K6yFwZ5LSt2tEwfeActvNrxJxLPq8Eel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows a tweet from Texas politician Beto O\u2019Rourke calling for gun ownership to be banned \u201cacross the board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The tweet is digitally fabricated. There is no evidence O\u2019Rourke published such a tweet.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Rourke confronted Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott about his stance on firearms at a press conference the day after a shooting in Uvalde, Texas left 21 people dead, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/05\/25\/beto-orourke-challenges-abbott-on-gun-violence-at-uvalde-press-conference-00035149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politico<\/a>. \u201cThe time to stop the next shooting is right now and you are doing nothing,\u201d O\u2019Rourke told Abbott as security attempted to escort him out of the room, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/durnyank\/posts\/pfbid0VFyq8LmowipTCiA87cCVMyWGaP8MgnKh2K6yFwZ5LSt2tEwfeActvNrxJxLPq8Eel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">image<\/a> shared on Facebook appears to show a tweet published by O\u2019Rourke the same day. \u201cGuns have to go!\u201d the alleged tweet reads. \u201cIt\u2019s time to ban gun ownership across the board. When I am elected president, I will have every single gun removed from private citizen ownership!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d LOVE to see him TRY,\u201d the post\u2019s caption reads. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/05\/27\/fact-check-florida-lawmaker-school-children-sacrifice-tweet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Florida Politician Randy Fine Publish This Tweet About \u2018Sacrificing\u2019 School Children For The Second Amendment?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Rourke did not publish this tweet. It could not be found on his verified <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=guns%20have%20to%20go%20(from%3Abetoorourke)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> account, nor on <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/politwoops\/user\/BetoForCongress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politwoops<\/a>, a website that tracks tweets deleted by politicians. No <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=beto+o%27rourke+repealing+second+amendment&#038;oq=beto+o%27rourke+repealing+second+amendment&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57.10100j1j4&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">major news outlets<\/a> have reported on the alleged statement.\u00a0There is also no evidence the Texas politician intends to run for president, though he is currently running for <a href=\"https:\/\/betoorourke.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">governor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Rourke states on his <a href=\"https:\/\/betoorourke.com\/issue\/promote-gun-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> that he does not believe \u201d any civilian should own an AR-15 or AK-47\u2033 and claims if he becomes governor he will repeal permitless carry.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact has reached out to O\u2019Rourke\u2019s office for comment and will update this piece if a response is given.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a tweet from Texas politician Beto O\u2019Rourke calling for gun ownership to be banned \u201cacross the board.\u201dVerdict: False The tweet is digitally fabricated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":1498976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1498970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1498970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1498976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1498970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1498970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1498970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}