Opinion: Beto O’Rourke and Gen X’s traditionalism
Beto O'Rourke sits with his wife, Amy Hoover Sanders, as he announces his candidacy as a Democratic 2020 presidential candidate in a still image from video provided by his campaign in El Paso on Thursday. By Helaine Olen Helaine Olen Opinion writer focusing on politics, economics and American life Bio Follow Opinion writer March 18 at 2:18 PM Beto O’Rourke continues to live his best Generation X life.
It all didn’t seem to matter much — O’Rourke raised $6.1 million in the first 24 hours after he made his announcement. But it’s still worth taking a moment to explore the situation. A moment of virtue-signaling — I am aware I should do more as a father! — revealed a fault line that runs through O’Rourke’s own age cohort.
There’s quite a bit of anger over this situation, but until recently it was all but suppressed from the commons, mostly confined to the mommy blogosphere, social media confessionals and novels with pink covers where women wrestle with the demands of children, work and less-than-available husbands.
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