--- title: See the Massive Crop Circle of Beto O'Rourke's Face in Texas description: An artist has made a crop circle portrait of 2020 candidate Beto O'Rourke. Here's what the Austin, Texas, artwork looks like from above. canonical: https://time.com/5554385/texas-beto-orourke-portrait/ author: Rachel E. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=7b591707-c18b-4859-bcaf-bf73374b9824&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Beto O'Rourke Announces He's Running for President [Watch (HLS stream): Beto O'Rourke Announces He's Running for President](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/hj5xpFkW.m3u8) (3:28)  _Published 2019-03-14. Beto O’Rourke, the Texas Democrat who narrowly lost a U.S. Senate election to Ted Cruz in November, announced he was running for President in a video posted online on Thursday._ by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Mar 19, 2019 5:23 PM UTC Beto O’Rourke, the Texas Democrat who narrowly lost a U.S. Senate election to Ted Cruz in November, announced he was running for President in a video posted online on Thursday. by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Mar 19, 2019 5:23 PM UTC If your upcoming flight lands in Austin, Texas, you’re going to have more than just a view of the city. An artist has created a crop circle using organic materials such as mulch, sand and clay to make a portrait of 2020 presidential contender [Beto O’Rourke](http://time.com/5553456/beto-orourke-fundraising/), who [announced his candidacy](http://time.com/5541574/beto-orourke-running-president-2020/) last week. > [](https://twitter.com/%5FJuanRodriguez%5F/status/1107669367905546240) The artist, Stan Herd, reportedly spent up to $10,000 in the materials, transportation and housing the project took, but he told [ABC’s local news channel in Austin, KVUE](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/434683-beto-2020-crop-circle-emerges-in-texas), that it was a community effort to make the artwork. > [](https://twitter.com/%5FJuanRodriguez%5F/status/1107753835357982726) The portrait has a diameter of approximately two acres and it is located just a couple miles north of Austin Bergstrom International Airport. ## Transcript [00:00] Emmy and I are happy to share with you that I'm [00:02] running to serve you as the next president of the [00:04] United States of America. This is a defining moment of [00:08] truth for this country and for every single one of us. [00:12] The challenges that we face right now, the inner [00:13] connected crisis in our economy, our democracy and [00:17] our climate have never been greater. And they will [00:19] either consume us They will afford us the greatest [00:22] opportunity to unleash the genius of the United States [00:25] of America. In other words, this moment of peril [00:29] produces perhaps the greatest moment of promise for [00:32] this country and for everyone inside of it. We can begin [00:35] by fixing our democracy, and ensuring that our [00:38] government works for everyone, and not just for [00:41] corporations. We can invest in the dignity of those who [00:44] work and those who seek to work. We can ensure that [00:48] every single American can see a doctor, and be well [00:51] enough to live to their full potential. And all of us, [00:54] wherever you live, can acknowledge that if immigration [00:57] is a problem, it's the best possible problem for this [01:00] country to have. And we should ensure that there are [01:02] lawful paths To work, to be with family, and to flee [01:07] persecution. We can listen to and lift up rural [01:11] America. We can work on real justice reform and [01:15] confront the hard truths of slavery, and segregation, [01:19] and suppression in these United States of America. We [01:23] can reassert our global leadership and end this [01:26] decades long wars. And be there for every woman and [01:30] man who is served in them. And perhaps, most [01:33] importantly of all, because our very existence depends [01:37] on it. We can unleash the ingenuity and creativity of [01:41] millions of Americans who want to ensure that we [01:44] squarely confront the challenge. of climate change [01:47] before it's too late. This is going to be a positive [01:51] campaign. It seeks to bring out the very best from [01:55] every single one of us, it seeks to unite A very divided [01:59] country. We saw the power of this in Texas where [02:03] people allowed no difference however great or [02:06] however small to stand between them and divide us. [02:09] Whether it was religion or gender or income or [02:13] geography, we put our labels and our differences [02:16] aside to come together for the only thing that matters [02:19] The future of this country and the generations that will [02:22] follow us. Over the coming days, I'm going to travel this [02:26] country and listen to those who I seek to serve, to [02:29] understand from your perspective how we can best [02:32] meet these challenges. On March 30th I will be back [02:35] here in El Paso, Texas, and I invite you to join us in a [02:39] kickoff for this campaign. But even if you can be here [02:43] on March 30th, I still want your help organizing where [02:47] you live, bringing in friends and family, and neighbors [02:50] to the greatest grass roots campaign this country has [02:54] ever seen. There's a lot more to come but I wanna [02:58] leave you with this. The only way for us to live [03:02] up to the promise of America is to give it our all and to [03:06] give it for all of us. We are truly now more than [03:10] ever the last great hope of Earth. At [03:14] this moment of maximum peril and maximum [03:17] potential, let's show ourselves and those who will [03:20] succeed us in this great country just who we are and [03:23] what we can do. 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