Beto O’Rourke would have a chance against Trump in 2020

Published November 28, 2018 7:19pm ET



As an exhausted electorate warily anticipates the upcoming 2020 presidential election, Democrats are desperately searching for a candidate to pit against President Trump. At the top of the list is former Vice President Joe Biden. Following behind him, though not closely, is the fiery yet polarizing progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders, a former presidential candidate himself.

Absent decades of experience in Washington, D.C., these two potential challengers don’t look any different from the “old, white, male” persona the Left works hard to avoid. Routinely, Democrats will chide Republicans for clinging to the type of politician that they themselves clearly prefer.

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