Democratic Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke admitted Monday night that his struggling campaign — which has been getting support only in the low single digits according to polls — can do a better job reaching a national audience.
O’Rourke told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Monday that he’s traveled to more than 15 states and held over 150 town halls since announcing his run for President in mid-March — targeting states like New Hampshire, Iowa and Nevada.
Even so, he conceded to Maddow that his campaign can do more, saying, “I recognize I can do a better job also of talking to a national audience, beyond town halls that we’re having.”
It was O’Rourke’s first appearance on the show since kicking off his campaign.
“I have an opportunity to answer your questions, Rachel, and address those who may not have been able to attend them and make sure that they can hear what this campaign is about and how I answer the questions that are put to me,” he said.
O’Rourke, who was much ballyhooed after losing a surprisingly close race in Texas to Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018, has failed to separate himself from a crowded Democratic 2020 primary field of over 20 candidates.
He received just two percent support in a recent Monmouth University poll of likely New Hampshire Democratic primary voters.



