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June 05, 2022
Another Flip-Flop: Beto is Back to Backing Gun Bans and Confiscation
by Brandon Waltens
Democrat gubernatorial candidate Robert “Beto” O’Rourke is back to endorsing mandatory gun confiscation again, after a recent series of public flip-flops on the issue.
When campaigning for Senate against Ted Cruz in 2018, O’Rourke largely stayed away from the issue, with his campaign focusing more on his skateboard-riding, Whataburger-eating persona. He did, however, say during a radio interview, “We support the Second Amendment; if you own a gun, keep that gun. No one wants to take it away from you. At least, I don’t.”
After Texas voters rejected him, O’Rourke attempted to fail upwards, running unsuccessfully for the Democrat nomination for president, where he lunged to the far left—especially on restricting gun rights.
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