Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke admitted Tuesday that he regrets launching his campaign on the cover of Vanity Fair, and said the move reinforced his 'privilege.'
'Yeah, I think it reinforces that perception of privilege,' O'Rourke said when appearing on The View after co-host Joy Behar asked if it was a mistake and 'elitist' to appear on the cover of the magazine.
'In the article I was attempting to say that I felt that my calling was in public service,' Beto said in reference to claims that in the interview with Vanity Fair he said he was born to be president. 'No one is born to be president of the United States of America, least of all me.'
O'Rourke revealed during the interview for the April issue that he was running for president and was 'just born to be in it'.
'You can probably tell that I want to run,' he said. 'I do. I think I'd be good at it.'
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke said he regrets launching his campaign on the cover of Vanity Fair, and admitted on The View Tuesday morning that the move reinforced his 'privilege'
The co-hosts at The View roundtable asked O'Rourke if the move could have come off as 'elitist'
O'Rourke launched his campaign in the April issue of Vanity Fair, and the cover story was titled 'Beto's Choice: His road to 2020 begins.' In the article, O'Rourke said he was born to be president
'I want to be in it. Man, I'm just born to be in it, and want to do everything I humanly can for this country at this moment,' O'Rourke told the magazine.
The former Texas congressman, who attempted to unseat Texas Senator Ted Cruz in the 2018 midterm elections, faced backlash for the mode in which he decided to announce his candidacy.
The View co-host Meghan McCain also asked about the cross-country road trip he took after losing to the incumbent senator, claiming that a 'female candidate wouldn't be able to get away with' that.
'You're right, there are things that I have been privileged to do in my life that others cannot, and I think the more that I travel and listen to people and learn from them, the clearer that becomes to me,' O'Rourke said, and went on to talk about wage inequality between men and women.
O'Rourke also said that if he were to earn the Democratic nomination, he would be 'fortunate' to run on the same ticket as Stacey Abrams.
'There are a number of women who aren't running, who may run,
