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Beto O'Rourke Celebrates Ted Cruz Debate by Air-Drumming to The Who in the Whataburger Drive-Thru

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The Democratic Senate challenger shows off his rockstar past.

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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”:

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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