Former Rep. Robert
Francis “Hit & Run” O’Rourke (D-TX) has officially announced his candidacy for
president in 2020.
In his announcement video
he said, “This is a defining moment of truth for this country and for every
single one of us. The challenges that we face right now, the interconnected
crises in our economy, our democracy and our climate have never been greater.”
While challenging Ted Cruz
for a seat in the U.S. Senate, O'Rourke insisted that he had no interest in
running for president, vowing to quietly return to El Paso should he lose.
During the campaign he
espoused an unapologetically liberal vision including advocating for President
Trump’s impeachment, championing universal health care, gun control,
decriminalization of weed and “relaxed” immigration policies.
Beto drives like a
Kennedy and steals like a Clinton.
Jim Geraghty noted in National
Review, “Not just the DUI, but his private-sector development career that
used eminent domain and gentrified poor Latino neighborhoods and marrying into
a billionaire’s family. The image celebrated in these gushing profiles doesn’t
match the reality. He was never in the military but talked about veterans’
issues so much that some people think he was. He’s not Latino, but his ‘rise
fuels hope for Latino Democrats.’ He’s the outsider who was in elected
office from 2005 to 2018. He’s the modest everyman with a net worth of $9
million. He’s a boarding-school-attending son of a judge who escaped serious
consequence for not just the DUI but also burglary charges.”
“Is Beto O’Rourke’s
skateboarding ‘cool’? Or does a 46-year-old aspiring commander-in-chief look
silly doing it in the parking lot of a Whataburger? Does wearing a pig mask and
onesie while playing guitar onstage in 2003 at age 31 reflect O’Rourke’s
creative, artistic, rebellious spirit? Or does he just look like a guy who
really wanted to be a rock star, and is settling for being a political rock
star?”
Now that Beto has announced he's running for president, I'm here to remind you that this exists... pic.twitter.com/zQSY5jIuKC— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) March 14, 2019
He just... couldn't... resist. cc: @BetoORourke pic.twitter.com/8BEZJzKs2s— Kate Hyde (@KateHydeNY) March 14, 2019
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