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January 17, 2019
Beto bombs bigly in long interview with the Washington Post
By Thomas Lifson
When a CNN anchor warns that “It’s a fine line to walk between being a blank canvas and an empty vessel,†a pretty boy, Kennedyesque empty suit progressive candidate, already recognizable by his first name alone, is in trouble.
Beto looks like a beta, if we are to judge by the Washington Post’s account of his “lengthy†interview with their writer Jenna Johnson. The title gives away the verdict: “Beto O’Rourke’s immigration plan: No wall but no specifics.†The lead paragraphs are no kinder. Jenna Johnson wrote:
In a digital ad that recently went viral, Beto O’Rourke tore into President Trump’s desired border wall with soaring footage of the Rio Grande Valley and an explanation of what the wall would do: cut off access to the river, shrink the size of the United States and force the seizure of privately-held land.
It noted that most undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States in the past decade came not over the border but on visas that then expired.
So what should be done to address visa overstays?
“I don’t know,†O’Rourke said, pausing in a lengthy interview.
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