He might not have a presidential nickname just yet, but Beto O’Rourke is on the president’s radar.
President Trump was asked what he thought of O’Rourke officially entering the 2020 presidential race while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday morning.
“He has a lot of hand movement. Is he crazy or is that just the way he acts?” Trump said while taking questions from the press.
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“I’ve never seen hand movement, I watched him a little while this morning, doing, I assume some kind of a news conference. I’ve actually never seen anything quite like it. Study it. I’m sure you’ll agree.”
Trump was speaking to the press after meeting with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar.
O’Rourke, who rose to national prominence after challenging Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in the 2018 midterms, announced he is running for the Democratic nomination on Thursday morning. – READ MORE