The Des Moines Democratic party has invited Beto O’Rourke to come visit Iowa, the stomping ground of possible presidential contenders.
According to a Wednesday Hill report, local Democrats have been clamoring for a visit from the charismatic Texan who lost his challenge against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) by three percentage points last week.
Though O’Rourke has reportedly not responded to the invitation, and has previously said that he will not running for President, many of his supporters hope that he’ll change his mind and mount a challenge to President Donald Trump in 2020.
Per the Hill, the Hawkeye State has seen no shortage of presidential possibilities swing through in recent days, as Sens. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) have all recently visited.
We’re all thirsty for a leader, especially a bulletproof one like Beto
He took the worst that slimeball Cruz could throw and still out raised him with private donations and came up smelling like a rose
The first person who says, “But he doesn’t have the experience!” needs to take a good hard look at Donald Trump, who never held any political office, and former state and half-term US Senator Barack Obama, apologize, and then slither back into the cave they crawled out of.
(At this point in his career Beto has more experience than Obama when he ran for president. Beto also has the advantage of not being groomed for office by the billionaire Pritzker family…)
Clean say a lot
It’s all good - let him get his exploratory committee and his funding together and proceed through the primary process.
He’ll either shake out as a good or a bad candidate, but until primary season, it’s all speculation.
I’m not sure Donald Trump is a good example.