Democrat Beto O'Rourke jumps into 2020 U.S. presidential race

BURLINGTON, Iowa - Beto O’Rourke launched a run on Thursday for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, hoping his message and the fame gained from his unsuccessful election challenge against U.S. Senator Ted Cruz in Texas last year set him apart from a diverse field.

Unlike many of his opponents who launched campaigns while barely registering in public opinion polls, O’Rourke begins in sixth place in the RealClearPolitics average of polls, receiving an average of 5 percent. He lands squarely in the middle of an internal party debate about whether to nominate a liberal firebrand or a centrist. O’Rourke, who critics say has offered little details about where he stands on myriad issues, will face a test on whether he can match up with policy heavyweights like Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.

O’Rourke premised much of his appeal in the Senate race on his refusal to accept money from political action committees, and instead raised $80 million from small-dollar donors, a national record for a Senate bid. He also ran a campaign staffed by volunteers instead of political professionals. “I’m not big on labels,” O’Rourke told reporters in December when asked whether he could be considered a progressive.

For the sake of his right hand, I hope he drops out early in the primaries 😀👍🏽👍🏽

Sen. Birch Bayh was a wonderful person. I worked for him. He did more good things in his life than almost any other politician. Civil Rights Act. Title IX. 25th Amendment. Juvenile Justice reform. A true National Treasure. Pls RT. Died 3-14-19

All I can see now are hands flying all over the place now. LOL!

You mean the guy that lost his Senate race now thinks he can win nationally? See fixed it for you.

Don't tell me you're running because of optimism, It's either ignorance or egotistical.

I almost won 1.5 b jackpot...off by only 5 numbers

Does 'who nearly beat' still equal 'lost a fair election to'? If the answer is yes, then why not be honest and say the 'Loser of a Senatorial race wants to compete in a Presidential race' 🤣

Acid Betty

RT : Beto O'Rourke, the Texan who nearly beat incumbent Senator Ted Cruz in the ...

Problem with ALMOST is it only works in horse shoes and hand grenades

When your ideas are just like homeless guy smoking crack with alien eye glasses on, screaming the end is coming you know your a democrat. Btw he told me he is also is running for president or supreme leader of the universe, whatever.

Lmao rotflmao Fifi Francis Beto

Here is Betty talking about how he's gotten so much money from Big Oil

'Nearly beat....' but still DIDNT....

Who cares. He is a fraud and a criminal. He also got 98,000 illegal votes in that election. Reuters is lying fake news.

You mean the guy who lost.....That guy? Or was the guy who lost in Texas Robert Francis O'Rourke? A Texas size loser thinks he can be President?

Stop covering shit that no one cares about.

Nearly, but didn't. O'Rourke only even came close because Cruz was hyperpartisan. It was a choice between an ice water douche or a boiling enema.

This is what happens when you try to do slam poetry after taking Prozac for the first time

FIFY: Beto O'Rourke, the Texan who lost to Senator Ted Cruz in the midterms, launches his 2020 Vice-Presidential bid.

Nice teeth. Almost as nice as Biden’s. Perhaps they will make a formidable ticket.

Nearly won is the liberal definition of LOST😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

The King of Rhetoric, The Master of Dufus.

Ha ha ha 'I am qualified for POTUS because I nearly beating Ted Cruz'

Some votes don't count

in progressing stages of undress ...

Beto O'Rourke, the Texan who nearly beat incumbent Senator Ted Cruz in the midterms, who badly lost to Trump in 2016 launches his 2020 presidential bid to challenge Trump.

Oh reuters...perfecting the idea that if you tell a lie long enough...it becomes the truth.

You misspelled *lost to

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