03-14-2019, 12:38 PM
O'Rourke supports guaranteed universal healthcare, more focus on climate change, better trade policies which don't alienate our established allies and negatively impact our farmers and rural workers indefinitely, a woman's right to choose, more aggressive criminal justice reform (including the closing of for-profit private prisons), a path to citizenship for DACA recipients... More on the issues: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/us/po...ssues.html
O'Rourke is a three term Texas Congressman and doesn't speak from any scripts. He's pretty charismatic and very articulate taking questions off the cuff, though it took me a while to get used to his constant hand gestures. He says he knows some on the left won't for him because he's a white man and this country hasn't elected anything but white men for President, with the exception of Obama, and he understands that. But, for those inclined to support him, he assures that his team reflects the diversity of the U.S. population.
I think O'Rourke is probably more of a threat to Trump getting re-elected than any of the other Democrats currently running. But, a lot can happen between now and the primaries.
O'Rourke is a three term Texas Congressman and doesn't speak from any scripts. He's pretty charismatic and very articulate taking questions off the cuff, though it took me a while to get used to his constant hand gestures. He says he knows some on the left won't for him because he's a white man and this country hasn't elected anything but white men for President, with the exception of Obama, and he understands that. But, for those inclined to support him, he assures that his team reflects the diversity of the U.S. population.
I think O'Rourke is probably more of a threat to Trump getting re-elected than any of the other Democrats currently running. But, a lot can happen between now and the primaries.