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In announcing his candidacy for the 2020 [[Democratic party ]] nomination for president in March 2019, O'Rourke boasteed of his [[white privilege]]: "I was born to do this."<ref>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/03/beto-orourke-cover-story?verso=true</ref> Despite the high-profile liberal/communist media roll out of his campaign, Beto's run fizzled immediately with the rise of [[gay rights]] [[activist]] [[Pete Buttigieg]]. A critic described Beto's speaking style: {{quotebox| He talked in a fluid, energetic, run-on style that was interesting to listen to — at first. As soon as you thought you had caught up with one chunk of clever rhetoric he moved on to the next set-piece, so you could never really process what he was saying. The more he spoke, the more his phrases grew monotonous in aggregate, and his animated talking points merged into each other, a river of charming progressivism in isolation; overwhelming and almost incomprehensible when unloaded all at once.<ref>https://medium.com/@harrisonblackman/late-stage-betomania-in-reno-dfbbfb1b9713</ref>}}