The conservative group Club for Growth has launched a new advertisement targeting former Rep. Beto O'Rourke Beto O'RourkeJimmy Carter says his son smoked pot with Willie Nelson on White House roof O'Rourke endorses Kennedy for Senate: 'A champion for the values we're most proud of' 2020 Democrats do convention Zoom call MORE (D-Texas) ahead of his possible White House bid.

The commercial, titled "Pedigree," argues O'Rourke has drawn unwarranted comparisons to former President Obama and describes O'Rourke as benefitting from the privilege of being a white man.

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Politico reported that the advertisement is expected to begin airing this week in Iowa, where the Democratic Party's first-in-the-nation caucuses will be held in February next year. O'Rourke, who narrowly lost a Senate race last year to Sen. Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzTrump argues full Supreme Court needed to settle potential election disputes Press: Notorious RBG vs Notorious GOP The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Washington on edge amid SCOTUS vacancy MORE (R-Texas), has not announced a bid for the Democratic nomination in 2020 but has said he is considering one.

The Club for Growth ad says O'Rourke and Obama "blazed different paths" after earning undergraduate degrees from Columbia University.

"Obama championed progressive causes on campus, seeking to combat inequality and harmful stereotypes. Beto perpetuated them, casting aspersions on working women," the ad's narrator says.

"Obama went on to become the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review, breaking barriers," the narrator later adds. "Beto crashed into them, causing a collision while driving drunk then fleeing the scene to avoid accountability. His charges were dropped as people of color languished behind bars for far less."

The ad then asks whether those events were "youthful indiscretions or threads in a lifelong pattern revealing an indelible sense of entitlement."

Club for Growth President David McIntosh told Politico that the group targeted O'Rourke because it worries that, if he were the nominee, he would have a chance to win Texas.

“We watched what he did in Texas in the race against Cruz and realized his potential within the Democratic primary system is enormously larger than what people are giving him credit for right now. We realized, here is a real potential threat because if he is the nominee then Texas suddenly is in play,” McIntosh said.

If O'Rourke were to jump in the 2020 race, he would be joining an already crowded field of high-profile Democratic candidates.

Sens. Kamala Harris Kamala HarrisButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice First presidential debate to cover coronavirus, Supreme Court Harris joins women's voter mobilization event also featuring Pelosi, Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda MORE (D-Calif.), Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenHarris joins women's voter mobilization event also featuring Pelosi, Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda Judd Gregg: The Kamala threat — the Californiaization of America GOP set to release controversial Biden report MORE (D-Mass.), Corey Booker (D-N.J.) and Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Bernie Sanders warns of 'nightmare scenario' if Trump refuses election results Harris joins women's voter mobilization event also featuring Pelosi, Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda MORE (I-Vt.) have already jumped into the crowded White House race.

Former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate Trump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' MORE is also mulling a possible bid.

A recent Iowa poll shows O'Rourke in fifth place among the possible Democratic contenders, with Biden and Sanders leading the field.