criminals. members of the press, what the [ bleep ]. hold on a second. it s these questions that you know the answers to. i mean, connect the dots about what he s been doing in this country. noah, wtf, man. did you get that right? i m not the biggest beto o rourke fan, but i think he s got it right in this case. when he happens to read from a tell prompter once and says something that s not crazy treat it like, the president acted for presidential today. it s crazy. he has repeatedly done racist stuff day after day, month after month, year after year and you have to call him out on it. can we agree that it s absurd to the extent new york times has done a lot of top aggressive reporting and holding donald trump to account? the idea they re in the pocket of big trump is self-evidently
complements that by ensuring everyone who doesn t have that . back for more is zach and ash wright. zach, what do you make of beto o rourke s campaign rollout so far? it has been mixed, but good overall. i m a big beto o rourke fan. part of the thing we like about beto o rourke are the things that are drawbacks for the presidential campaign. we are seeing this here. we like that he speaks off the cuff. we like he goes into crowds and feels authentic. you know, there is a reason why candidates don t do that and think through what they say before they go out and say it. this is one of the problems with a kind of campaign that feels running by the seat of his pants at this moment. he has, you know, you can say his position on medicare for all
for him that maybe he s waited too long. my own mother just sent me a text message on the way to the studio asking who is o rourke and what did he do to make himself a big star in the democratic party? what s your answer to your mom? well i didn t respond to her, but i tell her right now, mom, i cop ed and pasted your text message and then i tweeted it out to see what the responses were. there are a lot of beto o rourke fan, but to me it s terrific that he ran against senator ted cruz, gave it a good try and had some really incredible amounts on the campaign trail where he spoke to the heart of the democratic party, but i m not sure beyond that where does he want to take the country? what is his message? anyone watching the town hall that mayor pete buddegeg and the