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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/03/beto-orourke-cover-story
Beto O’Rourke: “I’m Just Born to Do This”
Riding around with Beto O’Rourke as he comes to grips with a presidential run.
By Joe Hagan
Photography by Annie Leibovitz
March 13, 2019
It’s nine P.M. on a Thursday night and Beto O’Rourke is trying to manage a couple of life-altering and possibly world-historical political events while also driving his family home from a Mexican restaurant. Donald Trump will touch down in O’Rourke’s hometown of El Paso in four days to hold a rally and whip up excitement for a wall along the border with Mexico. O’Rourke’s iPhone is pinging with texts asking what he plans to do about it—and also whether he’s going to run for president of the United States of America.
Henry, age eight, weighs in from the back of the Toyota Tundra.
“Dad, if you run for president, I’m going to cry all day,” he says.
“Just the one day?” asks O’Rourke, hopefully.
Beto O’Rourke, photographed with son Henry, 8, and Artemis at his home in El Paso, Texas.
Molly, Henry, and O’Rourke in the music room.
O’Rourke prepares Sunday morning pancakes.
O’Rourke with daughter Molly, 10; son Ulysses, 12; wife Amy; and Henry at Franklin Mountains State Park, in El Paso.
Beto O’Rourke: “I’m Just Born to Do This”
Riding around with Beto O’Rourke as he comes to grips with a presidential run.
By Joe Hagan
Photography by Annie Leibovitz
March 13, 2019
It’s nine P.M. on a Thursday night and Beto O’Rourke is trying to manage a couple of life-altering and possibly world-historical political events while also driving his family home from a Mexican restaurant. Donald Trump will touch down in O’Rourke’s hometown of El Paso in four days to hold a rally and whip up excitement for a wall along the border with Mexico. O’Rourke’s iPhone is pinging with texts asking what he plans to do about it—and also whether he’s going to run for president of the United States of America.
Henry, age eight, weighs in from the back of the Toyota Tundra.
“Dad, if you run for president, I’m going to cry all day,” he says.
“Just the one day?” asks O’Rourke, hopefully.
Beto O’Rourke, photographed with son Henry, 8, and Artemis at his home in El Paso, Texas.
Molly, Henry, and O’Rourke in the music room.
O’Rourke prepares Sunday morning pancakes.
O’Rourke with daughter Molly, 10; son Ulysses, 12; wife Amy; and Henry at Franklin Mountains State Park, in El Paso.
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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