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‘Poor bastard’: Trump mocks exit of ‘nasty’ Beto from 2020 race

By John Gage
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‘Poor bastard’: Trump mocks exit of ‘nasty’ Beto from 2020 race

President Trump taunted Beto O’Rourke as “nasty” and “pathetic” after the former Texas congressman announced he was ending his 2020 presidential run.

“Beto, oh that poor bastard,” Trump said Friday at a campaign rally in Mississippi. “Poor pathetic guy. He was pathetic. Remember the arms were flailing?”

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