Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke announced his 2020 presidential campaign on Thursday. Here are five things about him you (maybe) didn't know, such as how to pronounce his name:
In 1995, he was arrested for burglary after tripping an alarm on a fence at the University of Texas in El Paso. O'Rourke said it happened while he and his friends were"horsing around." The university declined to press charges.The second arrest was for driving while intoxicated in 1998. It was dismissed in 1999 after he completed a court-recommended DWI program.."However, since then, I have used my opportunities to serve my community and my state.
His mother, Melissa O'Rourke, operated three Charlotte's Furniture stores in El Paso before closing the last one in 2017. In 2010, Charlotte's Furniture pleaded guilty to accepting cash payments totaling $630,745 from an unidentified customer and then altering receipts to circumvent IRS disclosure laws.
Beto and Amy O'Rourke have three children. Amy's father, William"Bill" Sanders, is a real-estate mogul whose net worth was estimated at about $500 million byWhile serving on the El Paso City Council in 2006, O'Rourke drew criticism for a plan to seize property under eminent domain in a deal that involved Sanders. O'Rourke eventually recused himself from all votes on the matter.Beto O'Rourke was a co-founder of the Stanton Street Group company.
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