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Related: About this forumPresident Donald Trump mocks Beto O'Rourke's Hispanic nickname ahead of visit to El Paso
President Donald Trump chose the night before his visit to El Paso to honor the victims of a mass shooting -- targeted due to their Mexican heritage -- as the opportunity to mock Beto O'Rourke's Hispanic nickname.
Link to tweet
O'Rourke's birth name is Robert, but he was nicknamed "Beto" as a child by his parents since he has the same name as his grandfather (to diferentiate him from his grandfather). The former congressman is Irish, but his ancestors settled in El Paso. "Beto" is a common Spanish nickname.
O'Rourke quickly responded to Trump's tweet, saying, "22 people are dead in my hometown after an act of terror inspired by your racism. El Paso will not be quiet and neither will I."
"You know the s--- he's been saying. He's been calling Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals," O'Rourke responded. "He's not tolerating racism, he's promoting racism. He's not tolerating violence, he's inciting racism and violence in this country."
https://abcnews.go.com/US/president-donald-trump-mocks-beto-orourkes-hispanic-nickname/story?id=64821042
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TexasProgresive
(12,159 posts)Roberto, Alberto and Gilberto are examples. I always assumed that it was his Latino friends that gave him Beto, but I can see Grandparents in El Paso of whatever ethnicity doing it as well. I have my own nickname given me by Latino friends.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)I'm sure I heard that too.
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John Fante
(3,479 posts)The difference, of course, is that Beto is admonishing Trump's racist rhetoric (echoed in the killer's manifesto).
Trump is attacking Beto's nickname and poll numbers.
One of these critiques has more bite than the other.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hekate
(90,853 posts)...and where you live has a lot to do with what they are. El Paso is Beto's hometown, where his family has been for generations. Only a racist Trumpist would see anytning wrong with that.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden