Fox News’ Tucker Carlson called it weeks ago: former congressman Beto O’Rourke’s presidential campaign is dead.
Over the weekend, he proved it himself. And one photo that shows less than 40 people at his campaign rally might finish his White House hopes for good.
O’Rourke was on campus at the University of Las Vegas, speaking to a group of no more than 40 people without a microphone… but to be fair, he didn’t even need one.
Here’s the photo —
https://twitter.com/EmmaKinery/status/1121855507889827840
Social media users were ruthless —
This guy’s policies are fake. Listen up-no one is being duped anymore b/c Americans are burnt out on BS. He loves the spotlight, I can smell his narcissism from Texas to Vegas, and any other observation is just another narcissistic characteristic. Enough.
— Charlie Nicole 🇺🇸 (@charlienicole) April 27, 2019
https://twitter.com/iraNHlfod/status/1121895784402890753
https://twitter.com/JennaKellyJD/status/1121869099250794497
Critics say the picture is symbolic of his 2020 run: an empty shell.
In his losing Senate race against Sen. Ted Cruz, R-T.X., Beto was the toast of the mainstream media.
Now, he’s just another one of their many candidates — and it’s showing.
Many pundits actually thought he could ride the media wave all the way to November in 2020 — but the picture of his sad Nevada rally is far more honest than the media. The truth is, few people taking politics seriously care about Beto’s campaign.
The best news that Beto could take from this, is that Nevada is still quite some time away, though it is an early primary state.
Still, according to The Reno Gazette-Journal, polls have Beto in distant third among 2020 Democratic candidates.
His numbers have faltered to the single digits in support. He’s been pushed to the back seat with the secondary Democrats, while Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-V.T. are on top.
Once the picture of his sub-40 person campaign rally makes it’s way across the internet, Beto is likely finished.
The Horn editorial team.