Beto O'Rourke Celebrates Ted Cruz Debate by Air-Drumming to The Who in the Whataburger Drive-Thru
The Democratic Senate challenger shows off his rockstar past.
Alex Thomas/Twitter
Beto O'Rourke is feeling good after last night's debate against Ted Cruz, as the Texas Democrat celebrated with a trip to Whataburger that found the the U.S. Senate challenger air-drumming to The Who's “Baba O'Riley”:
ICYMI: Beto O’Rourke went to Whataburger after the Ted Cruz debate last night and played the airdrums to Baba O’Riley pic.twitter.com/XimtqmikNj
— Alex Thomas (@AlexThomasDC) September 22, 2018
Part 2 of Beto on the drums at the Whataburger drive-thru pic.twitter.com/9PhtImdiVt
— Alex Thomas (@AlexThomasDC) September 22, 2018
O'Rourke, of course, has a punk rock past—one the Texas GOP has tried to hold against him—but he was a bassist, not a drummer, in his old band; he's clearly spent some time practicing on the virtual throne.
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