Headline Roundup • March 14th, 2019
Former Texas Representative Beto O'Rourke Launches 2020 Presidential Campaign
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CBS News (Online)
Former Texas Representative Beto O'Rourke announced he is running for president, making it official with an online video released Thursday morning. Seated on a couch next to his wife, O'Rourke announced, "Amy and I are happy to share with you that I am running to serve you as the next president of the United States of America."
He said that the crises in our economy, democracy and climate "will either consume us or they will afford us the greatest opportunity to unleash the genius of the United States of America."...
Fox News Digital
Donald Trump and Beto O’Rourke are actually quite similar.
Yes, they both ran against Ted Cruz at one point, but that’s not it.
The answer is authenticity. You either have it or you don’t. And if you do, it can make up for a multitude of sins.
And for Beto, this could be how he ends up as the nominee.
For better or worse, you know who Donald Trump is and what’s on his mind. It’s obvious to anyone who has listened to him for more than five minutes that...
Wall Street Journal (News)
Texan who narrowly lost Senate race in ’18 brings national profile, fund-raising clout to crowded contest
Former Texas Representative Beto O’Rourke announced Thursday he is running for president, aiming to parlay his turn as one of the Democratic stars of the 2018 midterm elections into a run at his party’s nomination.
Mr. O’Rourke is the 15th Democrat to enter the contest. He joins the race as an instant first-tier candidate, commanding an online donor network second in size only to the one Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders carried over from his...
