Other 2020 Dems begin sharpening criticism of Beto O’Rourke

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., takes part in a “Conversations About America’s Future” program at ACL Live during the South by Southwest Interactive Festival on Saturday, March 9, 2019, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP)

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, right, speaks at an event at the home of Dubuque County Recorder John Murphy in Dubuque, Iowa on Saturday, March 16, 2019. (Eileen Meslar/Telegraph Herald via AP)

DUBUQUE, Iowa — Back when he was still just teasing a presidential run, Beto O’Rourke told “Vanity Fair” he was “born to be in” the race. Now that he’s campaigning to far greater media attention and much larger crowds than many Democrats who’ve been competing longer, they are taking offense at the former Texas congressman’s sense of entitlement.

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