“We cannot return to the past. We cannot simply be about defeating Donald Trump,” O’Rourke said while calling for more progressive policy proposals during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

“Is Joe Biden a return to the past?” co-host Willie Geist asked the former congressman.

“He is,” O’Rourke responded. “And that cannot be who we are going forward. We’ve got to be bigger. We’ve got to be bolder. We have to set a much higher mark and be relentless in pursuing that.”