Biden ‘failed this country’ by seeking second term, says Beto O’Rourke

<p>Ex-Texas representative, who lost gubernatorial election to Greg Abbott, joins Democrats lambasting former president</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/joebiden">Joe Biden</a> “failed this country in the most important job that he had” by deciding to run for another term as US president before dropping out of the election that returned <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> to the White House, where he has unflinchingly assaulted democratic norms, the former representative Beto O’Rourke said recently.</p><p>“We might very well lose the greatest country that this world has ever known,” the Texan who has unsuccessfully run for the presidency and his state’s governorship said on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WL57D0xY8OE">Pod Save America</a>. “And it might be in part because of the decision that Biden and those around him made to run for re-election.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/18/joe-biden-beto-orourke">Continue reading...</a>