ELECTIONS

Willie Nelson is playing a political concert for Beto O’Rourke. Some fans are abandoning him.

After Willie Nelson announced Wednesday that he would be headlining a Sept. 29 rally for O’Rourke in Austin, fans have taken to social media to boycott and publicly disown the country legend.

By TIMOTHY BELLA, The Washington Post via The Texas Tribune
Posted 9/14/18

On a muggy Fourth of July night just outside Austin, Rep. Beto O’Rourke walked on stage wearing a light blue button-down, with a Texas-size American flag in the background.

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