Beto O’Rourke Drops F-Bomb On Abbott Supporter Who Laughed At Gun Violence

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke, the Democratic candidate for governor in Texas, didn’t hold back when a heckler laughed as he described the gun used to murder 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde earlier this year.

“It may be funny to you, motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me, OK?” O’Rourke fired back at the laugher, who was standing among a small group of supporters of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

See the full exchange from Wednesday evening in Mineral Wells, about 50 miles west of Fort Worth:

Tonight, in Mineral Wells, Texas

When a @GregAbbott_TX supporter laughs, yes, laughs out loud so everyone could hear, while Beto described the massacre of 19 children and 2 teachers in Uvalde, Beto quite appropriately lets loose with a MF.Yep.It was a pretty good one too. pic.twitter.com/t5LLMIPXeP

— BetoMedia (@BetoMedia) August 11, 2022

“You’re doing nothing. You’re all doing nothing,” O’Rourke told Abbott and other officials gathered on a stage for the event.

O’Rourke was escorted out.

“This is on you,” he said before leaving. “Until you choose to do something different, this will continue to happen. Somebody needs to stand up for the children of this state or they will continue to be killed just like they were killed in Uvalde yesterday.”

After Wednesday’s event, O’Rourke tweeted:

The parents in Uvalde are demanding action to address gun violence so no more families have to go through what they are experiencing.

As governor, I will work with them to deliver it.

— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 11, 2022

Nothing more serious to me than getting justice for the families in Uvalde and stopping this from ever happening again.

— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 11, 2022

O’Rourke’s f-bomb got quite the reaction on Twitter:

Go @BetoORourke!!!

This is how you respond when someone laugs loudly while discussing the mass shooting in Uvalde.

“It may be funny to you mother f*cker, but it’s not funny to me.”pic.twitter.com/KhKM7o42ZZ

— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) August 11, 2022

I completely approve this message from Beto O’Rourke.

Anyone who laughs about a mass shooting of school kids deserves to be cussed out. https://t.co/3u1ZEvERd5

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) August 11, 2022

Say what you will about Beto, but there isn’t a politician in the state that can get grandmas to applaud “motherfucker.” Highly effective crowd work. https://t.co/jY38mAmNkV

— Forrest Wilder (@Forrest4Trees) August 11, 2022

There are some people who will be more upset about Beto cursing than the fact that someone laughed at a shooting— let alone the deaths of 19 children.

If you’re one one of those people just know you’re an asshole.

— Olivia Julianna 🗳 (@0liviajulianna) August 11, 2022

BREAKING: A heckler just laughed out loud when Beto mentioned the tragic death of the 19 kids who died at Uvalde.

Without hesitation, Beto called him a mother fucker.

He did the right fucking thing. pic.twitter.com/zQVvXYH08n

— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) August 11, 2022