As he weighs a 2020 presidential run, former punk rocker-turned-progressive darling Beto O’Rourke attended a Metallica concert in El Paso, Texas on Thursday night.
According to the El Paso Times, O’Rourke watched the concert from the pit and posed for photos with fans.
@BetoORourke just keeps proving how awesome he is. He was at a @Metallica concert. That is just awesome and I can’t wait for Beto O’Rourke to announce for President #Beto2020 #BetoForPresident #BetoForAmerica #2020Election pic.twitter.com/jb9ifbnzXC
— Dustin Evans (@Dustman818) March 1, 2019
In his early years, O’Rourke was an aspiring musician who played in a punk rock band called Foss alongside Cedric Bixler-Zavala of The Mars Volta and At the Drive-In fame. While running for senate in Texas last fall, he received support from Willie Nelson, Spoon, and The National, and was captured air drumming to The Who while going through a Whataburger drive-thru.
