Posted on 11/30/2018 10:58:47 AM PST by simpson96
WASHINGTON — For all the buzz Beto O'Rourke has gotten about a possible White House bid since his near miss against Sen. Ted Cruz this month, some Democrats are also starting to scoff.
If O'Rourke couldn't win in his home state, this line of reasoning goes, how could he hope to beat Donald Trump in 2020?
"If Beto O'Rourke wants to go and run for president, God bless him, he should put his hat in and make his case. But, he lost. You don't usually promote a loser to the top of party," Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday on MSNBC, becoming the highest-profile Democrat yet to air doubts about the excitement swirling around El Paso congressman.
On Thursday, a report surfaced that the youth wing of the New Hampshire Democratic Party has invited the Texan to meet voters in the state that hosts the first primary of 2020. The O'Rourke camp hasn't responded.
Iowa Democrats have already expressed interest in getting a glimpse. Some even mistakenly thought they had a few weeks ago, prompting comparisons between Beto-mania and Beatlemania.
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Rahm Emanuel is not a good source of what the democrats will do. He does not have the foresight to tell what they will do
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