EL PASO, Texas/WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - Beto O’Rourke, the Texan who gained a national following with his long-shot election battle against U.S. Senator Ted Cruz last year, will seek the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, a source close to the campaign said on Wednesday. “I’m really proud of what El Paso did and what El Paso represents,” O’Rourke said of his hometown in a text to TV station KTSM, which first reported his entry into the race. With his presidential effort, O’Rourke is hoping to leverage the fame he gained with his Senate race. In El Paso, Trump ridiculed O’Rourke as “a young man who’s got very little going for himself, except he’s got a great first name.” O’Rourke accused Trump of stoking “false fear” about immigrants.

Source: Huffington Post March 14, 2019 01:30 UTC