Finally, some encouraging news for Beto O’Rourke:

In candidate pet news, Gus has been found! via @BetoORourke Instagram: pic.twitter.com/JpbSF2iRmu — Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) May 3, 2019

Beto needs to cling to any good news he can get, because things aren’t looking too hot for him right now.

"His being gay is an advantage," Barney Frank said of Pete Buttigieg, adding archly: “I think Beto O’Rourke may be regretting that he’s straight.” https://t.co/Jn0dfSLobK … — Michael Levenson (@mlevenson) May 3, 2019

More from the Boston Globe:

“His being gay is an advantage and, if he were straight, I don’t think he would be doing as well,” said Barney Frank, the former Democratic congressman from Massachusetts who came out in 1987 and whose 40-year career in state and federal office traces the arc of LGBTQ rights. “It attracts attention to him and he gets points for being open and honest and gives people a chance to affirm their lack of prejudice,” Frank said, adding archly: “I think Beto O’Rourke may be regretting that he’s straight.”

Talk about kicking a guy when he’s down!

lol. I said when Buttigieg announced…”poor Beto.” https://t.co/76wuluL8tl — Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) May 3, 2019

He just can’t catch a break.

Hahahahahahahaha — John (@schultzstan1) May 3, 2019

Beto gets dunked on literally in every single way it is possible for a tool to get dunked on. — Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) May 3, 2019

What we are witnessing right now with Beto is that moment in the classic SNL skit when they force George Will to throw a baseball and then chase him out of the studio — Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) May 3, 2019

Heh.

Pent up Betodunkrage from all the nice things they wrote when he was running against Ted. — Charles DeGlopper (@bronzebarbarian) May 3, 2019

I think that's right–like, they're mad they had to pretend he was not a tool, almost. But if he somehow won the nomination we'd go right back to drowning in reporters' saliva — Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) May 3, 2019

He won’t make it that far, but if he did, yes. We totally would.

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