'Though it is difficult to accept, it is clear to me now that this campaign does not have the means to move forward successfully,' O'Rourke said Friday.
O'Rourke became a national political celebrity on the left after his unsuccessful 2018 Senate race in Texas against Ted Cruz, pushing him to quickly move from a former member of Congress to a top presidential prospect.
He spent much of the winter after his closer-than-expected Senate defeat slowly moving toward a presidential campaign, first with a road trip he documented on Medium and later withwith Oprah Winfrey. His entrance into the race was made with a Vanity Fair cover story, with a portrait shot by Annie Leibovitz.
But his campaign struggled to gain traction into the spring and summer. He was criticized early on for not having a clear enough purpose for his campaign, or a set of policy that set him apart from the large pool of candidates.on ending gun violence, pushing for a far-reaching overhaul of how the US regulates guns.
"After El Paso, he found his solid place. He's willing to stand up to everybody," Crowe said Friday night."I think he has a better chance to make his mark against the gun lobby. He can go down in the history books."More on Beto O'RourkeMatt Berman is the politics editor for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York. Contact this reporter at [email protected]
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