03-14-2019, 12:38 PM
Beto O'Rourke lost his senatorial run in Texas to incumbent Ted Cruz by just 3% last year and raised incredible amounts of money strictly from small individual donors. He officially threw his hat in the ring as a Democratic presidential candidate for 2020 today.
O'Rourke is more centrist than most of the other candidates and supports some of Trump's goals, though he strongly objects to Trump focusing heavily only on his base rather than on all Americans. O'Rourke, a married father of three, is aiming to attract voters from all political, economic and religious affiliations in rural and urban areas.
Anyway, he's getting a lot of press and buzz. He's got the cover story in Vanity Fair today, he released a video with his wife declaring his candidacy, and he held a televised launch at a small venue in Iowa today (video excerpt below).
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O'Rourke is more centrist than most of the other candidates and supports some of Trump's goals, though he strongly objects to Trump focusing heavily only on his base rather than on all Americans. O'Rourke, a married father of three, is aiming to attract voters from all political, economic and religious affiliations in rural and urban areas.
Anyway, he's getting a lot of press and buzz. He's got the cover story in Vanity Fair today, he released a video with his wife declaring his candidacy, and he held a televised launch at a small venue in Iowa today (video excerpt below).