A Democrat/fool and his money…
Via Politico:
A group of Democratic activists and progressive “social media influencers” will launch a “Draft Beto” campaign on Tuesday, a source involved with the effort told POLITICO.
The group will focus its efforts on raising $1 million for a future presidential campaign for Beto O’Rourke, the Texas congressman whose 2018 Senate campaign against Republican Ted Cruz captured Democratic imaginations. Organizers set up an ActBlue escrow account that would immediately transfer all the money raised if and when O’Rourke announces a presidential campaign next year.
The campaign marks the second draft effort to launch in the weeks after the November election, where O’Rourke lost narrowly to Cruz but raised over $80 million. The other, “Draft Beto 2020,” rallied a few dozen supporters in the important presidential primary state of New Hampshire this past weekend with a video also released on Tuesday.
The new group has committed to transfer its email list, social media accounts, and volunteer roster to any presidential campaign, although O’Rourke already has one of the most valuable email lists in American politics.