“Beto” is ‘not interested’ in endorsement from Obama – IOTW Report

“Beto” is ‘not interested’ in endorsement from Obama

AT: Texas Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke said yesterday he was “not interested” in an endorsement from former president Barack Obama, despite the popularity of the ex-chief executive among Democrats across the country.

Texas Tribune:

“I don’t think we’re interested [in an endorsement],” Beto O’Rourke said after a town hall at a local high school.  “I am so grateful to him for his service, he’s going to go down as one of the greatest presidents.  And yet, this [election] is on Texas.”

Obama’s endorsements include five candidates for the Texas House and six vying for the U.S Congress, including O’Rourke’s likely Democratic successor, former El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar.

O’Rourke said his campaign didn’t reach out to the Obama camp for an endorsement and added that he’s been down this road before.  When he ran what was considered his underdog 2012 campaign to defeat former U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, the incumbent received nods from Obama and former president Bill Clinton.

It didn’t work then, O’Rourke said.  MORE

13 Comments on “Beto” is ‘not interested’ in endorsement from Obama

  1. The future of the Democrat party is dependant upon distancing themselves from Obama’s radical leftism. That stench won’t wear off with time alone. Don’t tell them I said so.

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