The rockstar politician who’s faced many losses still maintains his certainty about becoming the president of the United States
Democrat Beto O’Rourke plunged into the party’s crowded presidential nomination race, banking on the star power and fundraising prowess he demonstrated during his run for the Senate in Texas last year to prevail in a months-long primary campaign.
O’Rourke said one of the reasons he was entering the race is that “the interconnected crises in our economy, our democracy and our climate have never been greater.”“This moment of peril produces perhaps the greatest moment of promise for this country and everyone inside of it,” he said. Democrats also are awaiting a decision by former Vice President Joe Biden, who remains popular in the party and would enter the race as the frontrunner. Biden gave a strong hint of his intentions at speech to the International Association of Fire Fighters Tuesday in Washington. Greeted by chants of “run Joe, run,” Biden told them to save their energy because, “I may need it in a few weeks.
He unequivocally called for President Donald Trump’s impeachment early in his Senate campaign. “I would liken impeachment to an indictment. There is enough there to proceed with a trial,” said O’Rourke in a CNN town hall in October. The former El Paso city councilman has largely shrugged off claims he is not a solid enough progressive, however, saying he is unconcerned about political labels.
O’Rourke’s loss to Cruz in November was by 3 percentage points, in a ruby-red state that hasn’t elected a Democrat statewide since 1994. But O’Rourke has been credited with drawing more Texans to the polls, boosting other Democrats on their way to winning congressional seats and other down-ballot races.
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