Ted Cruz may have won the U.S. Senate election last night in Texas, but Democrats are already fangirling about Beto O’Rourke running for president in 2020 – despite his big loss:
Beto O’Rourke achieved the closest statewide election in 20 years, revitalized a moribund party base even in the reddest counties of Texas, and launched himself as a national figure: https://t.co/BeAiasDPWy pic.twitter.com/mfk9KITrT3
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) November 7, 2018
Don't overthink it, just nominate Beto in 2020. https://t.co/PEEnXUAdbw pic.twitter.com/T0T7uixbGM
— Slate (@Slate) November 7, 2018
Beto O'Rourke lost in Texas, but he won a whole lot of hearts nationwidehttps://t.co/Y6BbafyDnM
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) November 7, 2018
Beto lost? That’s ok. Now he can run for President.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) November 7, 2018
Democrats don’t care that Beto lost at all. He’s demonstrated to them that he could run a close race in a red state and fundraise like a boss, and there’s no doubt that Democrats are in love. They’ve found their guy.
If I had to guess right now, he’ll be more than happy to oblige them and run for president in 2020. After all he owes them big – to the tune of 70 million!
That’s not to say that everyone on the left will be happy about another white guy running for president on the Democratic ticket:
I like Beto a lot but it's wild to me that all these women of color won tonight and people go right to talking about how presidential the white guy who lost is
— Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) November 7, 2018
I will roll my eyes, bite my tongue and vote for Beto in 2020 if that’s what it takes, but you all are making me sick saying a straight white man who LOST—a good guy, sure—is our next “best” presidential candidate. Let’s not forget who actually won last night: WOMEN. POC. LGBTQ.
— Jill Gutowitz (@jillboard) November 7, 2018
As a side note here’s a couple of other thoughts…
Give Beto O’Rourke credit for running the best race for Texas Democrats in a generation. But when you raise $70 million and spend $60 million in a Senate race.. your supporters are right to expect a win. https://t.co/2bRse1s6z2 pic.twitter.com/dWJ0gWesNO
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) November 7, 2018
By the way, what was with the staging of Beto’s concession speech last night? What was that supposed to look like, a concert? Spoken word poetry slam? HBO comedy special? https://t.co/2bRse1s6z2 pic.twitter.com/ok6C0bWtk1
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) November 7, 2018
Beto spent over $3M on yard signs. Insane.@TimAlberta https://t.co/MSy0y22cd7
— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) November 7, 2018