Beto O'Rourke knocks Trump's relationship with Putin, Kim: 'End these love affairs with dictators'
Beto O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman whose underdog attempt to unseat Senator Ted Cruz earned him national notoriety, officially kicked off his 2020 presidential campaign.
Trump has failed to publicly confront Putin on his government’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, and last week he abruptly withdrew new sanctions imposed by his own Treasury Department on North Korea because he “likes Chairman Kim and he doesn’t think these sanctions will be necessary,” according to White House press secretary Sarah Sanders.
Democratic presidential hopeful former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke speaks during a campaign rally on March 30 in El Paso, Texas. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Last month, the Texas Democrat joined some of his fellow candidates in announcing his support for New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ambitious Green New Deal proposal, which seeks to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and implement major economic overhauls to create more jobs.On immigration, O’Rourke hit at Trump’s desired border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, which led to the longest government shutdown in U.S.
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