2020 presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke ate dirt after losing his Senate race against incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, last year.
The revelation comes in a lengthy Washington Post report which divulged new details on the road trip the former congressman took after his defeat in the midterm elections and the ensuing “funk.”
During a January stop in New Mexico which did not make it into his blog, O’Rourke, 46, ate the local dirt, which the report said is believed to have “regenerative powers.”
He also brought some of this New Mexican dirt home to his family to eat.
O’Rourke announced his presidential campaign on Thursday and started it by traveling to the state which will cast the first votes of the presidential cycle, Iowa, followed by Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. After facing flak for some early gaffes and bizarre writings from his teenage years, O’Rourke quickly apologized. O’Rourke told supporters Sunday there’s “nothing” else in his past that could damage him during the presidential campaign.
His strong entrance into the race was solidified after raising more than $6 million online in the first 24 hours, beating all the others in the Democratic primary field. O’Rourke served in the House from 2013 to 2019 and ran a closer-than-expected Senate race last year against Cruz.
