Beto O'Rourke: We risk "becoming a name only democracy"

US – NOVEMBER 13: Elected Representative Beto O. Rourke, D-Texas, speaks to reporters after a press conference with elected Democratic members in the Capitol Center. (Photo by Tom Williams / Roll call)

** ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 31 ** The representatives of the city of El Paso, Steve Ortega, left, and Beto O 'Rourke, pose with as a backdrop the downtown area of ​​the city. El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, October 26, 2005. The two and three other political newcomers under the age of 35 were elected this year to El Paso City Council. The group of young beginners said they have assumed public roles to make El Paso the kind of city that it should be, the kind that it has long struggled to become. (AP Photo / El Paso Times, Victor Calzada)

US Representative Beto O 'Rourke (D), D-TX, speaks at a meeting with One Campaign volunteers, including Jeseus Navarrete (left), February 26, 2013 in the office of O 'Rouke located in the office building of Longworth House in Capitol Hill, in the state of Washington. , DC. AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGANWith the United States just weeks away from automatic cuts in spending, anti-poverty campaigners fear that cuts in foreign aid may potentially cause thousands of deaths. The world's largest economy is being cut almost $ 85 billion by March 1, 2013, unless the White House and Congress reach a last-minute deal before the deadline set by themselves. Although the confrontation has raised concern in many circles, activists are striving to avoid a 5.3% cut in US development assistance, which they say could hinder programs to feed the poor and prevent disease. "The escrow is an equal cut in all areas, but the cuts do not have the same impact," said Tom Hart, executive director of the One campaign, the anti-poverty group co-founded by the U2 leader. , Bono. AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGAN (The photo credit should correspond to MANDEL NGAN / AFP / Getty Images)

United States – May 23: Rep. Beto O 'Rourke, D-Texas, his motorcycle after a Democratic baseball training of Congress in the Northeast. (Photo by Tom Williams / Roll call)

USA – May 23: Representative Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, is photographed at a Democratic Baseball practice in the Northeast Congress. (Photo by Tom Williams / Roll call)

The US Representative, Beto O. Rourke, D-TX, met with the One Campaign Volunteers on February 26, 2013 in the offices of Mr. O. Rouke, located in the building of Longworth House offices at Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. While the United States now has billions of dollars in automatic spending cuts, anti-poverty campaigners fear that cuts in foreign aid could potentially kill thousands. The world's largest economy is being cut almost $ 85 billion by March 1, 2013, unless the White House and Congress reach a last-minute deal before the deadline set by themselves. Although the confrontation has raised concern in many circles, activists are striving to avoid a 5.3% cut in US development assistance, which they say could hinder programs to feed the poor and prevent disease. "The escrow is an equal cut in all areas, but the cuts do not have the same impact," said Tom Hart, executive director of the One campaign, the anti-poverty group co-founded by the U2 leader. , Bono. AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGAN (The photo credit should correspond to MANDEL NGAN / AFP / Getty Images)

United States – June 14: Rep. Beto O 'Rourke, D-Texas, walks down the steps of the Capitol House after the last votes of the week on Friday, June 14, 2013. (Photo by Bill Clark / CQ Roll Call)

US citizen Edgar Falcon, second from right, and Maricruz Valtierra from Mexico, second from left, laugh while El Paso congressman, Beto O'Rourke, right, and Judge Bill Moody, on the left, congratulate them after the couple's marriage on the US-Mexican border. , Tuesday, August 27, 2013 in El Paso, Texas. Like many other couples of US citizens and foreigners, Falcon and Valtierra, found inadmissible for violating immigration law, hope that immigration reform will help them live together in Canada. United States. (Photo AP / Juan Carlos Llorca)

Representative Beto O'Rourke, Texas, with his family for a photo of ceremony with Speaker of the House, John Boehner, President of Ohio, left, in the Rayburn Hall of Capitol after the holding of the New 113th Congress, Thursday, January 24, March 3, 2013 in Washington. The official oath of all members of the House had been lent to the House earlier. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite)

Representative Beto O. Rourke, D-Texas., Surrounded by leaders of the border region, experts in human rights and residents, addressed the media at Capitol Hill, Washington, on Wednesday, February 27, 2013. during a press conference to explain the border communities are demanding as part of the immigration reform. (AP photo / Carolyn Kaster)

Congressman, Beto O. Rourke, in the center, speaks at a new conference with Lillian Amico, left, mother of a deceased veteran, and Melinda Russel, former army chaplain, in El Paso, Texas on Wednesday June. 4, 2014. A study conducted by O 'Rourke's office with hundreds of veterans from West Texas revealed that on average, they wait more than two months before seeing a mental health professional from Veterans Affairs and even longer before seeing a doctor. (Photo AP / Juan Carlos Llorca)

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 29: US Rep. Beto O. Rourke, D-Texas, asks a question to former Army captain Debra Gipson at the time of the meeting. House Committee Veterans' Hearing, Disability Assistance and Memorial, on "Defined Expectations: VA Performance Evaluation in the Transition Process of Service Members" in the I & 39; Cannon House office building, May 29, 2014 in Washington, DC Ms. Gipson was seriously injured in the back while traveling to Afghanistan (Photo by Rod Lamkey / Getty Images)

US Senate Democrat Beto ORourke delivers his speech at his last public event in Austin prior to election night at Pan American Neighborhood Park on November 4, 2018 in Austin, Texas. – One of the most expensive and best-watched Senate races is in Texas, where incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz faces Democratic Rep. Beto O. Rourke. O & # 39; Rourke, 46, whose names are Robert Francis but that of Beto, launches an extremely strong challenge to Cruz, 47 years old, in the "Lone Star State", republican. O & # 39; Rourke, a triennial congressman and former member of a punk band, enjoys the enthusiastic support of many Texas city dwellers, while Cruz comes out better in conservative rural areas.

Winning the seat in Cruz's Senate, which fought against Donald Trump for the Republican nomination for the 2016 presidency, would be a major victory for the Democratic Party. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP) (The photo credit should correspond to SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP / Getty Images)

Representative Beto O. Rourke, D-Texas, of El Paso, Texas, speaks at the University of Texas at Dallas on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 in Richardson, Texas. (AP Photo / LM Otero)

US Rep. Beto O. Rourke, D-Texas, walks at a protest march in downtown Dallas on Sunday, April 9, 2017. (AP Photo / LM Otero)

US Representative Beto O 'Rourke, Texas, on the left, and US Senator Ted Cruz, Texas, on the right, participate in a debate for the Texas Senate, Tuesday, October 16, 2018 in San Antonio. (Tom Reel / San Antonio Express-News via AP, Pool)

Texas Congressman Beto Orourke delivers his concession speech at the Election Night at Southwest University Park in downtown El Paso on November 6, 2018. – After a close race in the Senate, Mr. ORourke has ceded outgoing President Ted Cruz to his hometown. (Photo by Paul Ratje / AFP) (The photo credit should read as follows: PAUL RATJE / AFP / Getty Images)

Former Texas Democratic Congressman, Beto O'Rourke, made gestures during a live interview with Oprah Winfrey on a Times Square scene at "Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations" Times Square ", Tuesday, February 5, 2019 in New York. O 'Rourke dazzled the Democrats in 2018 by almost beating Republican Senator Ted Cruz in the country's largest Red State. O & # 39; Rourke announced that he would announce or not his candidacy for the presidency "before the end of the month". (AP Photo / Kathy Willens)