Running With Beto
2019
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May 22, 2012 · The ad’s narrator says O’Rourke "has a criminal record that includes DWI and burglary arrests." That he does, we confirmed, which he’s acknowledged since his first run for office. We tried...
Sep 24, 2019 · 2:37 PM 09/24/2019 Brad Sylvester | Fact Check Editor. An image shared more than 800 times on Facebook alleges that former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke has a criminal record that prevents him from purchasing firearms. “That burglary and DWI will get you every time,” reads the caption. Verdict: False.
Jun 1, 2022 · While the mugshot of O’Rourke is real, and stems from an arrest in the 90s, he has not been convicted of burglary, according to Texas court records accessed through the database LexisNexis. The former congressman was charged with a misdemeanor burglary charge that was later dismissed, according to the court records.
Sep 24, 2019 · Full Story. Social media users have spread viral posts that falsely call Beto O’Rourke a “felon” and claim that the Democratic presidential candidate cannot own a firearm. (In fact, the ...
Aug 31, 2018 · FELONY ARREST RECORD. As an adult in his mid-20s, O'Rourke was caught breaking into the University of Texas El Paso. Charged with breaking and entering and burglary, he mysteriously avoided...
Sep 18, 2019 · A Facebook post circulating after the Democratic debate said that O’Rourke can’t buy a gun “due to his criminal record.” O’Rourke was arrested for two misdemeanors in the 1990s — for ...
Sep 21, 2018 · The story says that O'Rourke recorded a 0.136 and 0.134 on police breathalyzers, above a blood-alcohol level of 0.10, the state legal limit at the time.
