.niaCNN says Beto O’Rourke is “going to have to grapple with” issues on race and gender as he launches 2020 campaign. “I don't think he would get the same sort of confidence and sort of embrace for a woman or African American or minority candidate.”
Imagine this: A 46-year-old former congresswoman and mother of three, who just lost a Senate bid to one of the most despised incumbents, sets off on a road trip adventure to clear her head.
She instagrams part of her trip to the dentist. She gives a two-hour interview to The Washington Post where she shows no real knowledge of policy. Like a first-year college student, she pontificates on whether the Constitution is still a thing that matters after all these many years. And then she writes a stream of consciousness diary entry, where she is all in her sad and confused feelings, over ... something:Have been stuck lately. In and out of a funk. My last day of work was January 2nd.
But O'Rourke, tall, handsome, white and male, has this latitude, to be and do anything. His privilege even allows him to turn a loss to the most despised candidate of the cycle into a launching pad for a White House run. Stacey Abrams, a Yale-trained lawyer, couldn't do this. O'Rourke is being criticized for his randomness. For his TMI'ing and for his"what do I want to do with my life" aimlessness.
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