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Beta O’Rourke campaign denies sending texts encouraging illegal voting

Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:31 am
Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:31 am
A spokesman for Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D-Texas) campaign denied that text messages sent to Texan voters asking for help transporting "undocumented immigrants" to polling stations were sent on behalf of the campaign, The New York Times reported.

The denial comes after the Times reported that text messages claiming to be from an O’Rourke volunteer named Patsy were sent to voters in Texas on Wednesday night, asking for help in transporting "undocumented immigrants" to polling stations so that they could vote.

“That was not an approved message by the campaign,” Chris Evans, a spokesman for Mr. O’Rourke, told the Times.

Evans added whoever sent the text was “not a Beto volunteer,” and said the sender was an "impostor," the Times reported. Evans added that O'Rourke's campaign was looking into how the messages were sent.

The O'Rourke campaign did not immediately reply to a request for comment from The Hill.

‘We are in search of volunteers to help transport undocumented immigrants to polling booths so that they will be able to vote. Would you be able to support this grassroots effort?”

The Times reported that O’Rourke's campaign has employed text messages to reach voters through the campaign. LINK
Posted by cajunangelle
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:34 am to
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Beta O’Rourke campaign
Posted by el Gaucho
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:35 am to
Why do Dems always cheat and lie?
Posted by Stacked
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:35 am to
Why? There’s a video of Obama plainly saying it. Why back up now?
Posted by AggieDub14
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:35 am to
So someone started sending these texts impersonating a Beto volunteer to make him look bad? The Texas GOP has been running a smear campaign for the last month or so pretty hard. I actually saw a Ted Cruz sign in someone's yard for the first time last week.
Posted by TrueTiger
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:36 am to
BETA is a fake hispanic.
Posted by Damone
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:37 am to
Of course Boozin' Beto will deny. He's a NASTY guy.
Posted by el Gaucho
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:37 am to
Sorry beta disowned your texts. Hopefully you can still find people to help you bring illegals to the polls
Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:38 am to
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So someone started sending these texts impersonating a Beto volunteer to make him look bad?
Allegedly bro.
Posted by Damone
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:38 am to
I bet Beto relates to his constituency by saying he was tossing back Tecates prior to his DUI
Posted by AggieDub14
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:39 am to
I would never support non citizens voting for any public office.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:39 am to
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text messages sent to Texan voters asking for help transporting "undocumented immigrants" to polling stations were sent on behalf of the campaign,


Oh you silly Democrats.
Posted by AggieDub14
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:39 am to
Common sense dude. No campaign would ever send messages out about this. Use your brain.
Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:40 am to
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Common sense dude. No campaign would ever send messages out about this.
Beta's campaign relies heavily on text messaging.
Posted by AggieDub14
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:40 am to
The only silly people in this situation are those who believe it was done by his campaign.
Posted by AggieDub14
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:41 am to
Wow it's almost like the person who sent out the text message knows that...come on man.
Posted by Taxing Authority
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:41 am to
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The Times reported that O’Rourke's campaign has employed text messages to constantly spam voters through the campaign.
Fixed.
Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:41 am to
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The only silly people in this situation are those who believe it was done by his campaign.

If it's so unbelievable then wouldn't it be silly to "fake" the text messages?
Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:42 am to
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Wow it's almost like the person who sent out the text message knows that...come on man.

Sure because she works for Beta.
Posted by AggieDub14
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:43 am to
No because people are morons and will believe it. Look at this thread.
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