Meet Beto O'Rourke

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His critics call him "Barack Obama, but white". His supporters think he is the best hope to take on Donald Trump in the next US presidential election.

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00:00I'm not going to work on it again!

00:19Amy and I are happy to share with you that I'm running to serve you

00:22as the next President of the United States of America.

00:25This is a defining moment of truth for this country.

00:28We can begin by fixing our democracy

00:31and ensuring that our government works for everyone

00:33and not just for corporations.

00:46Um, kind of a shaky camera tonight.

00:59We decided to jump into a rental car together.

01:02We're both trying to get back to work in Washington, D.C.

01:05I hope that more of our colleagues take this lead.

01:08I think Congressman O'Rourke is out of step with Texas on that.

01:29Only one of us has been to each county in Texas

01:32and would have an idea of what Texas values and interests are.

01:38Peaceful, non-violent protests, including taking a knee

01:52at a football game to point out that black men unarmed,

01:57black teenagers unarmed, and black children unarmed

02:01are being killed at a frightening level right now,

02:05including by members of law enforcement.

02:17Beto O'Rourke's image crafters say he's Barack Obama, but white.

02:22He sure does act like it.

02:24Born with a blue blood pedigree, the scion of a prominent family.

02:29His father-in-law, a billionaire real estate developer.

02:36This is going to be a positive campaign that seeks to bring out

02:46the very best from every single one of us,

02:49that seeks to unite a very divided country.

02:52At this moment of maximum peril and maximum potential,

02:56let's show ourselves and those who will succeed us in this great country

03:00just who we are and what we can do.

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