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Political zealots these days seem to think those they support on their side have super powers that can only be used if elected into office. Recently those on the left to far-left side of the American political spectrum took to their least favorite online platform to declare that Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke, a Texas politician who has lost every major election he has ran in, would have kept the Austin, TX area power lines from going down during the 2023 Winter Storm.
The catalyst for this outpouring is both the current Winter Storm conditons and the fact that if he had won his most recent political election he would have been inaugurated as Governor of Texas a few weeks ago, almost exactly 14 days before the storm hit.
One of the most popular tweets starts off with: “I’m from CA and I think Beto is one of the best leaders in America and TX rejected him twice.”
Here are some of the tweets that appear to believe Beto would have been able to keep ice from damaging power lines (responses are below)
A California University Professor:
I hate to be cold-hearted about this, but they could have voted for Beto. https://t.co/mIfzFPx77l
— Dr. Mark Sigmon (@MarkSigmon64) February 2, 2023
A home chef in Florida:
Hey Texans! Did you vote for Beto?
If yes, I am so sorry for what you are going through right now.
If not, hope you have some really good insurance, assholes. https://t.co/agPPgM2sXK
— Jen (@JenTusch) February 1, 2023
Chair of the Hawaiian Green Party
Bet Texans wished they had voted for Beto. He was going to fix the power grid so Texans would not freeze to death. Abbott is a disaster. https://t.co/wg7KzPj5dZ
— Jeanne O'Brien (@judgej101) February 1, 2023
Greg Abbott should be removed from office for letting his constituents freeze again. Drop a 💙 if you agree.
Austin Energy
Beto— 💙Brittney💙 (@AZ_Brittney) February 2, 2023
everyone outside of Texas should know not all of us voted for Greg fuckface a lot of us voted for Beto and are freezing together with the idiots who voted against better judgment don’t hate us all cause all of us aren’t the same. Hypothermia isn’t bias#TexasFreeze pic.twitter.com/AfvDhnFyEV
— Marilyn McClelland (@mcowboyfan417) February 2, 2023
I'm from CA and I think Beto is one of the best leaders in America and TX rejected him twice. I hope he is well. https://t.co/bfY8euxm8X
— James Henderson (@JhendersonJames) January 23, 2023
Once again, same damn time 3 years running, Texas will shut down because Gov Abbott can’t fix the GD grid… but what do I know 🤷🏻♀️ I voted for Beto. pic.twitter.com/LGJT8xCR31
— Laurie Strode’s Revenge ⚡️🌻🦄🧚♀️ (@bluefairyfly) January 30, 2023
Texas Republicans, how's the 280,000 people out of power working out for you? Happy that Abbott hasn't done shit for your state or electrical grid? You earned this. 👍
As for everyone who voted for Beto, I'm sorry you have to deal with the majority of your state being stupid.😞
— WTF Seriously (@stopbeingaderp) February 1, 2023
They could have voted for Beto but they were too ignorant, bigotted or racist so now they're freezing…#TexasFreeze
— K.Clark🐈⬛🌊♀️☮️💙🇺🇦🌻🏳️🌈 (@Myworldagain1) December 24, 2022
Bet Beto would have fixed it https://t.co/h2qmnbqXKZ
— eric Lundquist (@imagesbyeric) February 2, 2023
And responses / facts about the power outages:
It’s so disheartening to see people turning the Texas #icestorm into something political.
Neither Greg Abbott or Beto can stop icy trees from crushing power lines.
Redirect that energy to helping your neighbors.
— Chris Whitling (@cw360) February 2, 2023
ERCOT grid conditions normal this morning as 167k people across TX are out of power due primarily to downed power lines from ice & branches. Natgas producing 2/3 of supply right now.@PUCTX chair Peter Lake said that as of yesterday, 10k MW of wind in West TX had “iced up.” pic.twitter.com/wc3UVqy3wY
— Brad Johnson (@bradj_TX) February 1, 2023
Beto isn't going to "fix" nature.https://t.co/r70o3Igt1s
— Gail Goodman (@gailgoodman11) February 2, 2023
I had no idea Beto could stop frozen trees from taking out power lines – amazing https://t.co/XReq3zNj3s
— Robin Enochs (@RobinEnochs) February 2, 2023
I’m in Central TX and no, Beto couldn’t have stopped the power outages this time. When ice is up to an inch thick on tree limbs & branches, they break & fall on power lines. It has nothing to do with the grid.
Gratitude for the linemen fixing this should be trending, not Beto. pic.twitter.com/3EsTYDpXr9
— Cindi K (@cindikaren) February 2, 2023
Actually hilarious to see the communists out in force trying to blame Gov Abbott for ice breaking tree limbs that fell on power lines causing power outages. The left claim Beto could've prevented it. How? By taking every single tree down that is near every single power line? 😂🤣
— Chassie (@chassie0094) February 2, 2023
It’s 2078
Texas has its worst blizzard since 2022
The Texas Climate Council has chosen this day to celebrate Beto Remembrance Day in honor of the man who could have stopped every blizzard in Texas if only he had been elected instead of the Climate Fascist Greg Abbott
— Jeremy’s Razor (@jeremysrazor) February 2, 2023
Which group is correct? That is for you to decide. We hope you have enough information to make an informed decision based on this article. If not, please leave a comment and tell us what we could have included to help you be more informed.
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