Former Democratic Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke has had his first brush with the law on the 2020 campaign trail, according to reports.
CNN’s Eric Bradner shared a photo of a gray van, which he said was parked illegally by the candidate himself and was then moved by a staffer.
“Beto O’Rourke’s gray van just got a $50 parking ticket,” Bradner tweeted. “O’Rourke, who was driving, left it in a no parking area outside the Manchester Courthouse while he went across the street at Consuelo’s Taqueria. An advance staffer quickly moved the van.”
Beto O’Rourke’s gray van just got a $50 parking ticket. O’Rourke, who was driving, left it in a no parking area outside the Manchester Courthouse while he went across the street at Consuelo’s Taqueria. An advance staffer quickly moved the van. Here’s where it was. pic.twitter.com/SmkJqUhEp9
— Eric Bradner (@ericbradner) March 21, 2019
O’Rourke campaigned Thursday in Manchester, NH, and according to Bradner, the parking ticket wasn’t his only departure from the norm. “Now speaking to the crowd inside, @BetoORourke starts his stump speech in Spanish — the first time I’ve seen him do that outside Texas,” Bradner tweeted.
Now speaking to the crowd inside, @BetoORourke starts his stump speech in Spanish — the first time I’ve seen him do that outside Texas. https://t.co/mptIkPbgHv
— Eric Bradner (@ericbradner) March 21, 2019
Thursday’s parking ticket was not O’Rourke’s first brush with the law — the former Texas congressman once reportedly tried to flee the scene of a high-speed crash. (RELATED: WITNESS: Beto Tried To Flee Drunk Driving Scene After Causing High Speed Crash)
O’Rourke addressed the incident, which occurred in 1998, in a statement. “I drove drunk and was arrested for a DWI in 1998. As I’ve publicly discussed over the last 20 years, I made a serious mistake for which there is no excuse,” he explained.
