Yesterday I told you how Beto O’Rourke released his taxes and it showed he only gave one-third of one percent of his income to charity, which is pathetic. Well, he’s back today trying to explain this and he has a couple of reasons: #1 he gives of himself so he doesn’t need to donate money and #2 he actually does give a lot of money but it’s a secret and he can’t prove it. Either way, these explanations are 100% pure Beta O’Dork.
Here’s some fun from The Dallas Morning News:
He and his wife, Amy, filed jointly and reported $366,455 adjusted gross income in 2017. They paid $81,019 in federal income tax and sent $1,166 to charity — a giving rate of just 0.3%, which is well below the national average.
From 2008 to 2017, the O’Rourkes deducted a total of $24,295 in charitable donations, ranging from an annual low of 0.2% of gross adjusted income to a high of 4.3%.
Following the shocking tax return release, O’Rourke was speaking in Virginia when a student asked him why he’s such a cheap bastard when it comes to charity:
“I’ll tell you, I’m doing everything I can right now, spending this time with you, not with our kiddos, not back home in El Paso, because I want to sacrifice everything to make sure that we meet this moment of truth with everything we’ve got,” said O’Rourke.
See, he may not give any of his wealth, but he’s out taking questions from people, so he gives in other ways. No, really. This is his excuse: that he graces people with his presence, as if that is even better than money.
“I’ve served in public office since 2005. I do my best to contribute to the success of my community, my state and now, of my country. There are ways that I do this that are measurable. And there are ways that I do this that are immeasurable,” said O’Rourke.
What a douche. Even Beta wasn’t buying that the gift of himself was way better than actuality charity so he went back to drawing board to come up with a better excuse.
Politico reports that O’Rourke has now decided that he actually did give a shitload of money to charity, he just plumb forgot to list it on his taxes:
Beto O’Rourke on Wednesday said he made “thousands of dollars” in charitable donations not reflected in his tax returns, claiming his campaign is working to find evidence of contributions amid criticisms of the 2020 hopeful’s low giving rate.
“We are trying to go back to some of these organizations to see if they can share with us, over the last 10 years, how much we have donated,” said O’Rourke.
This seems kind of like how Virginia Governor Ralph Northam said he was going to get to the bottom of who that guy in blackface on his yearbook page really was. Actually it’s a little closer to how OJ said he was going to find the “real” killers. I’m guessing O’Rourke never finds all of those thousands of dollars he claims he donated over the years the same way the real killers are still out there.
Buried somewhere deep in these lame excuses is probably the truth behind O’Rourke’s lack of charity:
“I didn’t think I’d be releasing my tax returns, because I didn’t think I’d be running for president,” O’Rourke said.
Yeah, if he knew he’d be running for president, he would have given a little more so he wouldn’t look like a miserly piece of shit. I can actually buy that excuse. Too bad it’s not one of his official reasons why he doesn’t give to charity.
The liberal media has labeled Beta O’Dork a “rock star” and it’s obviously gone to his head. He’s literally trying to convince people that he’s so wonderful that his presence is a bigger gift than financial support for worthy charities. People compare O’Rourke to O’Bama, but even the former narcissist-in-chief wasn’t this arrogant.
