“You can probably tell that I want to run,” Beto O’Rourke tells Vanity Fair. “I do. I think I’d be good at it.” O’Rourke opens up about 2020, his loss to Ted Cruz, his childhood, and more.http://vntyfr.com/tCqXY2D
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“Man, I’m just born to be in it.” Beto O’Rourke seemed to come from nowhere to the brink of a presidential candidacy—but he’s been on this journey for his whole life. O’Rourke spoke with Joe Hagan. Photographs by Annie Leibovitz. http://vntyfr.com/tCqXY2D pic.twitter.com/a7DCoaZdtd
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Beto O’Rourke reveals details of his conversations with Barack Obama http://vntyfr.com/tCqXY2D pic.twitter.com/Rsq73yjGhF
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Beto O’Rourke is selling the idea that he can unite the country by playing nice, especially with Americans who’ve barely met a Democrat, let alone considered voting for onehttp://vntyfr.com/tCqXY2D
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Asked if he’s a progressive, Beto O’Rourke affects a 2008-era Obama pose: “I leave that to other people. I’m not into labels.”http://vntyfr.com/tCqXY2D
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Beto O’Rourke is aware of the fact that he’s a white man in a Democratic Party yearning for a woman or a person of color to transform the White House http://vntyfr.com/tCqXY2D pic.twitter.com/pf1apoa9WG
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A desire to escape his father’s shadow drove some of Beto O’Rourke’s youthful decisions: “I wanted out. I wanted out of the house. I wanted away from him and his shadow.”http://vntyfr.com/tCqXY2D
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“This level of gross inequality cannot persist,” says Beto O’Rourke, when asked about increasing taxes on the rich. “It’s definitely going to involve higher marginal rates on the very wealthiest in this country.”http://vntyfr.com/tCqXY2D
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Early in O’Rourke’s career, his billionaire father-in-law contributed to super PACs that attacked his political opponentshttp://vntyfr.com/tCqXY2D
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Beto O’Rourke on the influence of Dischord record label co-founder and Fugazi front man Ian MacKaye http://vntyfr.com/tCqXY2D pic.twitter.com/0eXNBk2HZ9
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Fact Check: Robert Francis O’Rourke.
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