Leave it to Beto O’Rourke to bring some very necessary context to the “Build the Wall” hysteria. As his Twitter profile tweeted on Thursday night:
Where would they build the wall? Whose home or ranch or farm are they going to take to build it? Which communities and habitats are they going to destroy? Reply with your best pictures of the border – let the rest of the country see what’s at stake. pic.twitter.com/9ToIXXYKp2
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) December 21, 2018
This was with Molly’s girl scout troop at Rio Bosque. pic.twitter.com/u0eBTIPYNR
— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) December 21, 2018
Looking out from Roma, TX across the Rio Grande pic.twitter.com/ybxqucI2eZ
— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) December 21, 2018
The responses have been stunning:
Not a chance. pic.twitter.com/p3Ld04JPrS
— Arch Bell (@ArchBell) December 21, 2018
@BigBendNPS pic.twitter.com/hEokRHsOMk
— Liz ????????? (@tomb0ylizzie) December 21, 2018
Tijuana pic.twitter.com/CzpNT5HGQv
— Kristi (@CollectionsTnT) December 21, 2018
— Nathan Carroll (@DNCarroll) December 21, 2018
The Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend: Mexico on the left, US on the right. It would be madness to build a wall here. pic.twitter.com/2D5VQXAeeO
— James Slattery (@jcslattery) December 21, 2018
Fishing my parents backyard the Rio Grande River in Roma Texas. pic.twitter.com/o1Ffmy4pMd
— Jesus De La O (@delao27) December 21, 2018
Overlooking Miguel Aleman Tamps. from Roma, TX. pic.twitter.com/mSwaFw4THE
— edgar (@edgarrios) December 21, 2018
@BigBendNPS pic.twitter.com/8Acn2XFJF4
— Brittany Swanson (@BSwanson03) December 21, 2018
— David Fry (@frydave) December 21, 2018
— David Fry (@frydave) December 21, 2018
— David Fry (@frydave) December 21, 2018
— David Fry (@frydave) December 21, 2018
@BigBendNPS pic.twitter.com/rP8pkJNRAD
— MJM (@MJMHappy) December 21, 2018
The Butterfly Sanctuary in Mission, Tx. pic.twitter.com/y9UKG84Xej
— Jimmy the Blue Cat ? (@JimmyTheCat2) December 21, 2018
My family on the River Road this summer, standing along the Rio Grande with Mexico in the background. pic.twitter.com/bEm2oLt84l
— Rob Shearer (@robshearer) December 21, 2018
— vegas (@salvavega_) December 21, 2018
Lost Mine Trail in Big Bend. Looking towards Mexico during an unusually green summer in 2010. This is the place I always think about when I hear about this “wall”. pic.twitter.com/yUmUgBHmQV
— Stefani Krieg (@StefaniKrieg) December 21, 2018
All the way from Houston for this kid! pic.twitter.com/NUCStSfNZn
— sprovach (@sprovach) December 21, 2018
Hunt’s Hole, New Mexico desert west of El Paso pic.twitter.com/2nqp8zu11K
— B✭Z (@BillyZzs) December 21, 2018
Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend with the Rio Grande splitting Mexico and Texas. Thank you Mother Nature for this majestic sight. pic.twitter.com/sFhlmJhEjk
— Partain (@ElizabethParta2) December 21, 2018
— Roland Park Exile (@rpexile) December 21, 2018
Paddling into the Lower Canyons, Texas’ best kept secret pic.twitter.com/5pMhhBupSW
— Hillary (@hillaryfierce) December 21, 2018
Nogales, Arizona. Straight across from Nogales, Mexico. pic.twitter.com/uE3zT5dWMQ
— Ms.Mills (@katwman2) December 21, 2018
Kayaking the Rio in Laredo, TX my hometown pic.twitter.com/LzN03hNuNm
— Cori E. Rendón (@corinaelise) December 21, 2018
— Jenni Gribble (@jennigribble) December 21, 2018
