'Exactly what does that mean?' Politico roundly smacked for this 'terrible headline' on Beto O'Rourke 2020

We’re not really in the mood to play this game, but we don’t really have a choice.

Imagine if this headline were written about a Republican:

‘He’s Barack Obama, but white’: Beto O’Rourke blows up the 2020 Democratic primaryhttps://t.co/R98KzOU9tx

— POLITICO (@politico) November 19, 2018

It’s not obnoxious enough that so much of the liberal media is only dialing up the deification of Beto O’Rourke … they have to frame it like this?

Needless to say, Politico’s headline is taking a beating. And let’s face it: They pretty much deserve it.

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— JC Ole Bwoy (@Islandreamer16) November 19, 2018

I mean maybe I’d workshop that slogan a bit

— mac (@macjaeh) November 19, 2018

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— Fidget ?? (@lilfidget) November 19, 2018

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’He’s Barack Obama, but white’

— Elham Khatami (@ekhatami) November 19, 2018

Whoever created this headline slap yourself. Barack was great, Beto is great. Let’s just keep the blue wave moving forward.

— Tye C (@Bald2MenLLC) November 19, 2018

this is a terrible headline. shame.

— C. Donovan Copeland (@cxcope) November 19, 2018

This is possibly the worst headline

‘He’s Barack Obama, but white’: Beto O’Rourke blows up the 2020 Democratic primary https://t.co/QMORX93T0l

— Mozzarella Morrissey A1 (@heimaeyus) November 19, 2018

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I'm annoyed by this title. Is a white Obama suppose to excite us? I like Beto, he deserves better than to be discussed in this way. With any luck he's far more progressive.

— Thomas Linkoff (@ThomasLinkoff) November 19, 2018

“He’s Barack Obama, but white.” Exactly what does that men?

— rosegarten (@Rosegarten) November 19, 2018

I understand the sentiment but if I were black, I would find this offensive. Try saying…he’s Martin Luther King but white and see how that sounds.

— Eileen Ellis (@Eileen_Ellis) November 19, 2018

I don’t give 2 craps about this guy color. Listen to his message…..

— PhillFoss (@phillfoss1) November 19, 2018

No he not Barack Obama, but white. Just stop it.

— Tara Gordon (@islandgirl222) November 19, 2018

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— Andrew Fallows ?PAX Unplugged (@kaldrenon) November 19, 2018

There's about 900 things to say about this… but let's just start by throwing this article in the trash.

— Justin T. Brown (@JustinTBrownvvv) November 19, 2018

@davidsiders you latest Politico article with a quote from the Bundler was just so offensive — as if being black was a denigrating aspect of Barack Obama.
… “But white”

— Exitium (@Madame_A) November 19, 2018

"obama but white" is the stupidest framing and it keeps getting deployed!

— more like hurrican't imo (@JWJones252) November 19, 2018

People realize that “Obama but white” is not a thing, right?

— Nita Chaudhary (@nitalovesmiles) November 19, 2018

I certainly don’t dispute the premise that Beto excites a lot of Democrats and would be a very strong 2020 candidate. But would submit that “Barack Obama, but white” is not a thing that exists or could ever exist.https://t.co/g3RU52IKo0 pic.twitter.com/wV0cNTrDRD

— Sam Baker (@sam_baker) November 19, 2018

It’s just stupid. Identity politics are stupid.