{"id":1723743,"date":"2022-11-03T16:17:34","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T20:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1723743"},"modified":"2022-11-03T16:34:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T20:34:04","slug":"ted-cruz-mocks-beto-ready-to-get-his-ass-kicked-a-third-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-mocks-beto-ready-to-get-his-ass-kicked-a-third-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz Mocks Beto: &#8220;Ready to Get His Ass Kicked a Third Time&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fted-cruz-mocks-beto-ready-to-get-his-ass-kicked-a-third-time%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=1723743&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.03-02.52-thepoliticalinsider-6363d5ad0a546.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Polling numbers have Republicans downright giddy these days. Take Senator Ted Cruz for instance.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz, in an appearance with Newsmax host Eric Bolling, delivered a brutal takedown of \u201cBeto\u201d O\u2019Rourke and Stacey Abrams, the Democrat gubernatorial candidates in Texas and Georgia respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas senator was discussing midterm election prospects, predicting there will be a \u201cred tsunami\u201d and that Republicans will \u201cretake both the House and the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the aforementioned governor\u2019s races, Cruz didn\u2019t hold back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they\u2019re both going to lose badly. Beto, this will be the third time,\u201d he quipped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he launched his campaign for governor, reporters in the Capitol asked me what I thought about it,\u201d Cruz continued. \u201cI said, \u2018Well, I guess Beto wants to get his ass kicked a third time,\u2019 and so that\u2019s what he\u2019s getting ready to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/bret-baier-beto-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bret Baier Roasts Beto O\u2019Rourke For Calling Border Wall \u2018Racist\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Beto Might be a Loser, But He\u2019s a Consistent Loser<\/h3>\n<p>Ted Cruz\u2019s comment about Beto getting his \u201cass kicked\u201d for the third time is referencing his past failures as a candidate for higher office.<\/p>\n<div id=\"subscribe\" class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Support Conservative Voices!<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Sign up to receive the latest<\/strong> political news, insight, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite the media consistently propping O\u2019Rourke up as the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-texas-election-2020-campaign-2016-government-and-politics-1d2fcef28c9d9a00c33500845136bda1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breakout star<\/a> out of Texas,\u201d he has yet to break out and actually win an election.<\/p>\n<p>He lost a bid to unseat Cruz from his Senate seat in 2018 by over 210,000 votes, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2018_United_States_Senate_election_in_Texas#Fundraising\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">despite outraising<\/a> the Republican candidate nearly 2:1, $80+ million to $45+ million.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Rourke would later, as the AP describes it, come \u201ccrashing back to Earth in a short-lived presidential run\u201d in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>He then launched a political action committee (PAC) to boost Democrats in Texas ahead of the 2020 election, a venture that the Texas Tribune <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2020\/11\/04\/texas-republicans-election-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a> was \u201canother disappointment\u201d for the party.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Democrats\u2019 hopes of flipping Texas again fall short as Republicans dominate the state\u2019s 2020 elections \u2014 by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emmaplatoff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@emmaplatoff<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tx2020?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tx2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xMdGqIW7tj\">https:\/\/t.co\/xMdGqIW7tj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Corrie MacLaggan (@corriemac) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/corriemac\/status\/1323950862952259586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>O\u2019Rourke is a consistent punching bag for critics, though the Democrat brings a lot of it on himself.<\/p>\n<p>Whether live-streaming his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/01\/10\/beto-orourke-went-dentist-brought-his-instagram-followers-with-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dental appointment<\/a>, dressing up in a sheep mask and onesie for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/houston-texas\/houston\/article\/Beto-O-Rourke-sings-The-Ramones-sheep-mask-onesie-13562652.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">punk band performance<\/a>, or crashing a press conference updating the public on an <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/uvalde-mayor-slams-sick-son-of-a-bitch-beto-orourke-after-democrat-crashes-abbott-press-conference-on-texas-school-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elementary school shooting<\/a>, Beto has been a perpetual source of embarrassment for the left.<\/p>\n<p>A street artist in 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/billboard-mocks-beto-orourke-over-drunk-driving-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mocked O\u2019Rourke<\/a> with a massive billboard depicting him holding a bottle of tequila, sporting a sombrero, and standing in front of a car crashing through a building in the background.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested for a DWI back in the \u201990s.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Had to stop and take a pic of this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/911onFOX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@911onFOX<\/a> billboard creatively defaced today just a few blocks west of The Fox lot in LA. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDailyWire<\/a> reports this anti-Beto agitprop is the handiwork of street artist Sabo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fLodtNli90\">https:\/\/t.co\/fLodtNli90<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MFyC91yMAu\">pic.twitter.com\/MFyC91yMAu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Wallenstein (@awallenstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awallenstein\/status\/1108031637722267651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Beto O\u2019Rourke also \u201cbelonged to the oldest group of computer hackers in U.S. history\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-backstory-usa-politics-orourke-idUSKCN1QX02M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">known as the<\/a> \u201cCult of the Dead Cow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aside from being a failed politician, he was also a failed poet. That said, Maya Angelou has nothing on this \u2026<\/p>\n<p>And then there are social media posts blatantly appealing to the feeble-minded that, as Ted Cruz asserts, show Beto deserves to get his ass kicked. Metaphorically, of course. Not physically.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">AAAAHHHH <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/474quYDkYZ\">pic.twitter.com\/474quYDkYZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nate Hochman (@njhochman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njhochman\/status\/1588179424721051648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/ted-cruz-educates-aoc-after-she-claims-republicans-hate-the-irs-because-they-target-neo-nazis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ted Cruz Educates AOC After She Claims Republicans Hate the IRS Because They \u2018Target Neo-Nazis\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Takes Aim at Stacey Abrams<\/h3>\n<p>Senator Cruz then pivoted and took a jab at Election Denier<em>\u2122<\/em>\u00a0Stacey Abrams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSame thing with Stacey Abrams,\u201d he joked. \u201cAlthough the good news is Stacey still believes she won the last time, so she thinks she\u2019s governor now, so maybe she\u2019ll, in her own mind, get re-elected to her second term as governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abrams publicly refused to acknowledge the 2018 election results in which she lost to Georgia Governor Brian Kemp time and time again.<\/p>\n<p>Beto joined her in spreading misinformation about the election by stating it had been, in-part, \u2018rigged.\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetoORourke?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BetoORourke<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/staceyabrams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@staceyabrams<\/a>\u2018 defeat in GA: The grace with which she met that defeat on an unfair, unlevel playing field with the Secretary of State, perhaps rigging in part that election\u2026is inspiring stuff at a time that our democracy is so badly broken. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JHKEnJ0nRd\">pic.twitter.com\/JHKEnJ0nRd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Julio_Rosas11\/status\/1128333559075356674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fortunately, after they both get their ass kicked on Tuesday, they can sit at home together and lament how the elections were rigged against them.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Rourke trails by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2022\/governor\/tx\/texas-governor-abbott-vs-orourke-7376.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nearly 10 points<\/a> in the latest RealClaerPolitics average while Abrams is behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2022\/governor\/ga\/georgia_governor_kemp_vs_abrams-7538.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by nearly 8<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear why Abrams is running for a position she never lost in the first place.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.<\/strong><br \/>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.feedspot.com\/political_blogs\/\">Feedspot\u2019s<\/a> \u201c100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polling numbers have Republicans downright giddy these days. Take Senator Ted Cruz for instance. Cruz, in an appearance with Newsmax host Eric Bolling, delivered a brutal takedown of \u201cBeto\u201d O\u2019Rourke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1723746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1723743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723743","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1723743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1723746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1723743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1723743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1723743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}