Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) gave a profanity-laced call to action Friday, saying his party is in “a basketball game” and its opponents are “clobbering the s*** out of us.”
O’Rourke, a 2022 Texas gubernatorial candidate, said he feels “for far too long” Democrats have cared more about “being right than being in power.” In comparison, he said that Republican lawmakers care more about remaining in power “than anything else, and it really shows.”
“We’re in a basketball game right now, if you’ll excuse the metaphor, where the refs have left the arena and the other side is just clobbering the s*** out of us,” O’Rourke said at a keynote speech for Netroors Nation. “Punching us in the face, kicking us in the nuts, and
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