Beto O'Rouke's Pissy Pants Photo

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Beto O'Rouke's Pissy Pants Photo refers to a photo of indie rocker Alex G. who had spilt a beer on his pants after a show in New York City. The photo was then shared in 2019 under the false claim that the photo was of Democratic Presidential candidate Beto O'Rouke in college. The photo triggered a slew of comments from conservatives calling the candidate "pissy pants."

Origin

On August 25th, 2017, Redditor Ceviche uploaded a photo of Alex G. to the r/sandyalexg^[1] subreddit, a subreddit dedicated to the indie rocker (shown below).

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In September 2019, Facebook and Twitter users began claiming that the photo was of Beto O'Rouke. On September 13th, Twitter user @kat2020maga^[2] tweeted "So This “man” 👇 is gonna "take” away your AR15…Anybody scared? 🤣" (shown below, left). The tweet gained over 1,400 likes and 1,200 retweets in a week. The next day, Facebook user Jonathan Ray^[3] shared the photo and captioned it "Here he is. Mr. Beto Bozo Robert Francis O'Rourke…… and he wants to be President. This is who is coming for your guns…. My patriots, make this go viral!!!" (shown below, right). The post accumulated over 1,900 shares in six days. In September, @RoscoeBDavis1^[5] tweeted the picture saying, "This is the idiot Beto O'Rouke that's going to confiscate guns in Teas and nation wide. This is the wonderboy of the Left. Robert Francis O'Rouke little boy pissy pants." The tweet has since been deleted but is believed to be the first instance of the fake O'Rouke photo being referred to as pissy pants. Fact Checker^[4] confirmed that the photo indeed of Alex G. and contacted the musician: "he explained that the photo was taken backstage at a show in New York City in the summer of 2017."

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