Remember this embarrassing interview ABC’s Paula Faris gave to “rockstar” Beto O’ Rourke right before he lost in the Midterm elections last Fall? Well, Faris was back Thursday on Good Morning America to rejoice over the news that O’ Rourke had officially announced his presidential run for 2020. Like the rest of the media, Faris couldn’t contain her enthusiasm for the “rock n’ roll loving” Democrat who had a fan base in Hollywood and on social media.

Anchor George Stephanopoulos led into the report touting O’ Rourke as a brand new 2020 candidate and “social media phenom” (imagine them using that language to describe President Trump!). Faris was on location in Iowa where the Democrat was starting his campaign.

Giggling before greeting Stephanopoulos, Faris touted, “He's expected to hold his first official campaign event here in Iowa a little bit later today and he promises to run a very positive campaign.” Faris spoke glowingly of O’Rourke, who “skyrocketed onto the national political scene when his Senate race caught fire in 2018.” (The media couldn’t have had any part in O’Rourke’s celebrity, right?)

Beaming, she played up how cool and hip “the star politician” was with the “younger generation” on social media, even winning over celebrities like Beyonce and Oprah:

Despite his loss to Ted Cruz, the rock 'n' roll loving 46-year-old caught the nation's attention. His offbeat social media posts appealing to a younger generation, even taking us skateboarding at Whataburger. His Senate candidacy winning the endorsement of celebrities like Beyonce and now he's appearing on the cover of Vanity Fair.

Faris told Stephanopoulos at the end of her report that O’Rourke had denied that he would run for president in the past, but things had changed. She saved the conservative criticism for the last lines of her report, but declined to mention any of O’Rourke’s scandals such as fleeing from a drunk driving accident in the past.

The media’s love affair with Beto hasn’t waned after his loss to Ted Cruz in the Senate last fall, if anything, it has just became more nauseating in its Obama-like fervor.

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