We reported earlier how Beto O’Rourke tried to hijack the press conference that Gov. Greg Abbott and other Texas officials were holding in regard to the Uvalde mass shooting.

Most found his action unconscionable when people were dealing with such tragedy, although some on the left appeared to praise it. Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) compared O’Rourke to the “Tank Man” from the Tiananmen Square massacre in a horrible take, claiming Beto was “speaking truth to power.” Phillips subsequently deleted the tweet.

But while Beto was trying to interrupt the people dealing with tragedy, a man in the audience interrupted Beto in turn. Cody Ytuarte, a carpenter who was there for family affected by the shooting, was near O’Rourke when he began his outburst at the presser. According to the Huffington Post, Ytuarte responded to O’Rourke, “This is propaganda, bro. Get out of here. You’re trash, man.”

Ytuarte explains why he interrupted Beto: “There’s a time and a place to address certain things like that. To do it in the moment in which the tragedy is being addressed so recently … is pure propaganda.” pic.twitter.com/gx5AjZz9ez

— Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) May 25, 2022

Ytuarte left the Democrats because of their policies, including “division about race policies” that drove him away.

Ytuarte, 38, grew up a Democrat but explains that he left the party between 2008 and 2012 because he thinks Democrats began exaggerating racism, including in policing (though he concedes differential treatment is an issue). pic.twitter.com/0cMYGqbTo5

— Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) May 25, 2022

He also has concerns about more gun regulations.

Ytuarte is wary of additional gun regulations. pic.twitter.com/jtp6lwMF0b

— Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) May 25, 2022

He said he liked Trump’s mean tweets and it was “obvious,” especially with what we were facing now, that Trump’s policies were better. He also indicated he rejected the mischaracterization of the liberal media of President Donald Trump.

Finally, I asked Ytuarte why he likes Trump. “I really enjoyed his mean tweets.” He thinks media took comments out of context to make Trump seem racist. pic.twitter.com/DCQszjeSJz

— Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) May 25, 2022

Ytuarte’s grandparents immigrated from Mexico. He doesn’t speak much Spanish. And like many rural South Texans, he is very hawkish on undocumented immigration.

— Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) May 25, 2022

Sounds like a lot of truth there and a lot of common sense. Uvalde went to Trump by 14 points in 2020. We’ve seen this move of Hispanic voters away from the Democrats driven by sense like this and the realization that the policies of Republicans are better, that those of Democrats are more extreme and not helpful for your life. Beto’s interruption of the presser served as further evidence of the extreme position of the Democrats and why people are leaving them in droves.