Beto O'Rourke endorses Joe Biden, the 'antithesis of Donald Trump'

Joe Biden and Beto O'Rourke.
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Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) announced Monday night he is voting for former Vice President Joe Biden, and wants other Democrats in the state to join him.

O'Rourke made his endorsement at a Biden rally in Dallas. "We need somebody who can beat Donald Trump," he said. "The man in the White House today poses an existential threat to this country, to our democracy, to free and fair elections." Biden can defeat Trump, O'Rourke continued, because he is "the antithesis of Donald Trump. Joe Biden is decent, he's kind, he's caring, he's empathetic."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.