Beto O'Rourke and the Kent State massacre

Beto O'Rourke hasn't a clue as to the Kent State massacre

This week, Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke continued to push his “mandatory gun buyback” idea, no matter how ridiculous of an example he had to use to push it:

Yesterday, people brought assault weapons to our rally at Kent State—where 4 students were shot dead in 1970.

I told them nobody should show up with an AK-47 or an AR-15 to seek to intimidate us in our own democracy.

We need to buy back every single one of them. pic.twitter.com/U7N5fWUlvv

— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) September 26, 2019

Does he really want to go there?

Beto, you do know who shot those four students right?

Officers of the Government.#ToneDeaf #2ndAmendment #GunRights #2020Electionhttps://t.co/mKxnzpyVEI

— John Stossel (@JohnStossel) September 27, 2019

If he is aware of that, O’Rourke failed to share that with his audience:

wait until he finds out who did the shooting at Kent State. https://t.co/ubUty4A5bC

— 𝔱𝔰𝔞𝔯 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔨𝔢𝔱 𝔞𝔡𝔞𝔪𝔰 (@BecketAdams) September 27, 2019

“Government killed citizens with guns so give your guns to the government.”

— Razor (@hale_razor) September 27, 2019

That awkward moment when a man who wants to lead the government uses the example of a time the government killed four unarmed protestors as an argument for why you should let the government take your guns…

— Amy Swearer (@AmySwearer) September 26, 2019

I'm not sure Beto has a firm grasp on who, exactly, *did* the killing at Kent State? https://t.co/KJ8cEElS6B

— Bryan Suits (Not California Compliant) (@darksecretplace) September 27, 2019

Narrator: Unbeknownst to Beto, it was the government that shot and killed those four students at Kent State in 1970.

— Colin Moriarty (@notaxation) September 27, 2019

Democrat presidential candidate Robert Francis O'Rourke brings up the time when the U.S. government gunned down 4 students at Kent State as an example of why people should allow their guns to be confiscated by the government

What an incredible self-own by Beto https://t.co/2mbaIRIv0V

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) September 27, 2019

*shot dead BY THE GOVERNMENT

— Magical Terrapin Andii (@Andiiterrapin) September 27, 2019

Irony level: infinite. 

(the Kent State victims were shot by the government) https://t.co/1Of2eKSSJk

— "Elon Says" (@ElonBachman) September 27, 2019

So you want to………. take the guns from law-abiding citizens and give them to the government, who are the ones who shot 4 students at Kent State in 1970???

The logic here is airtight. https://t.co/JngGdiaPdt

— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) September 27, 2019

“Logic” certainly isn’t O’Rourke’s strong suit.