EA on Radio FM4: Beto Makes A Splash in Democratic Contest for 2020

Posted by Scott Lucas | Mar 20, 2019 | 0

Beto O’Rourke speaks with supporters in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, during a three-day road trip across the state (Reuters)

Beto O’Rourke, the former Congressman from Texas, has made a high-profile entry into the 2020 Democratic race for the US Presidency. In the first day after his declaration, the candidate raised $6.1 million in on-line donations.

Can the initial energy translate into a successful run for the White House? I spoke on Tuesday with Austria’s Radio FM4.

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Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham; and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView.He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.

EA on Radio FM4: Beto Makes A Splash in Democratic Contest for 2020

Beto O’Rourke speaks with supporters in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, during a three-day road trip across the state (Reuters)

Beto O’Rourke, the former Congressman from Texas, has made a high-profile entry into the 2020 Democratic race for the US Presidency. In the first day after his declaration, the candidate raised $6.1 million in on-line donations.

Listen from 12:29

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