Barack Obama Says He Sees A Bit Of Himself In Beto O’Rourke, Giving Supporters Hope For 2020
Barack Obama may have just given a big boost to those pushing Beto O’Rourke to run for president in 2020, with the former president saying he sees a bit of himself in the failed Texas Senate candidate.
O’Rourke was not able to pull off the upset of Ted Cruz in an unusually tight race this election cycle, but his introduction to the national scene has many hoping that he will ride the momentum from his race into a run for president against Donald Trump. As Newsweek noted, O’Rourke can now count Barack Obama among his fans.
Speaking to his former top adviser David Axelrod for The Axe Files, Obama praised the now-former El Paso congressman as an “impressive young man who ran a terrific race in Texas.” Obama added that O’Rourke seemed more genuine than most modern politicians who only push poll-tested messages.
