{"id":119033,"date":"2019-03-19T07:31:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T11:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=119033"},"modified":"2019-03-19T07:31:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T11:31:21","slug":"the-betobugs-even-make-record-campaign-donations-after-betos-demented-writings-are-made-public-wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=119033","title":{"rendered":"The Betobugs Even Make Record Campaign Donations After Beto&#8217;s Demented Writings Are Made Public&#8212;WOW! ! !"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>2020: Beto O\u2019Rourke Raises $6.1 Million in First 24 Hours, Beating Bernie Sanders<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_119034\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/beto-orourke-bernie-sanders-getty-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119034\" class=\"size-full wp-image-119034\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/beto-orourke-bernie-sanders-getty-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/beto-orourke-bernie-sanders-getty-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/beto-orourke-bernie-sanders-getty-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-119034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Maturen\/AFP\/Getty, Tasos Katopodis\/Getty<\/p><\/div>\n<p>by Joshua Caplan<br \/>\nBreitbart.com<\/p>\n<h3>Democrat\u00a0presidential candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke raised a \u201crecord-breaking\u201d $6.1 million online in the first 24 hours of his 2020 presidential campaign, topping Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and all other Democrat candidates,\u00a0his campaign announced Monday.<\/h3>\n<p>According to O\u2019Rourke communications director Chris Evans, the haul came \u201cwithout a dime\u201d from political action committees (PACs), corporations or special interests.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Beto O\u2019Rourke raised a record-breaking $6,136,763 in online contributions during the first 24 hours of his grassroots campaign for President of the United States. Without a dime from PACs, corporations or special interests.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisEvans_TX\/status\/1107601515072630785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"powr_1\" class=\"a8d padok\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"powr_embed\" src=\"https:\/\/player.powr.com\/iframe.html?account=100010177&amp;player=743&amp;domain=breitbart.com&amp;terms=beto%20bernie%20orourke%20raises%20hours%20beating%20sanders%202020&amp;uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2019%2F03%2F18%2F2020-beto-orourke-raises-6-1-million-in-first-24-hours-beating-bernie-sanders%2F&amp;c=1552994939950\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Sanders raised\u00a0$5.9 million in the first 24 hours after announcing his campaign for the White House in February. Pressed last week on whether he would take in more than Sanders, O\u2019Rourke told reporters, \u201cWe\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Kamala Harris\u2019 (D-CA) campaign reported a $1.5 million haul in the 24 hours after her January campaign, while Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is said to have taken in $1 million in the first two days.<\/p>\n<p>Last Thursday, O\u2019Rourke, a former Texas congressman, officially\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/03\/14\/2020-beto-orourke-officially-announces-white-house-run\/\">entered<\/a>\u00a0the presidential field following months of speculation, which began almost immediately after losing a bid for the U.S. Senate\u00a0against his rival\u00a0incumbent\u00a0Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) last November. The El Paso native demonstrated his fundraising prowess during the 2018 midterm election, raising a whopping $80 million in donations.<\/p>\n<p>Since jumping into the race, O\u2019Rourke has been the subject of several unflattering reports and gaffes. The candidate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/03\/16\/beto-orourke-joined-cult-of-the-dead-cow-hacking-group\/\">confirmed<\/a>\u00a0to Reuters that he was a member of a controversial hacker collective called the \u201cCult of the Dead Cow,\u201d while he was a teenager. He also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2019\/03\/17\/nolte-reuters-reporter-covered-up-damaging-beto-info-during-texas-senate-race\/\">admitted<\/a>\u00a0to writing, at the age of 15, a murder fantasy about running over children out of jealousy for their happiness. Further, O\u2019Rourke also apologized for joking that he is only partly involved in his raising his three children with his wife, Amy Sanders O\u2019Rourke, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2019\/03\/17\/beto-orourke-recognizing-advantages-as-a-white-male-ensuring-opportunity-for-all-big-part-of-my-campaign\/\">said<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0acknowledging his white privilege will be a \u201cbig part\u201d of his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/03\/18\/2020-beto-orourke-raises-6-1-million-in-first-24-hours-beating-bernie-sanders\/\">https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/03\/18\/2020-beto-orourke-raises-6-1-million-in-first-24-hours-beating-bernie-sanders\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020: Beto O\u2019Rourke Raises $6.1 Million in First 24 Hours, Beating Bernie Sanders<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}