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Beto O'Rourke: “This hateful rhetoric, this treating human beings as political pawns, talking about invasions and Texans defending…”

On the recordOctober 2, 2022
This hateful rhetoric, this treating human beings as political pawns, talking about invasions and Texans defending themselves... that’s how people get killed at the Walmart in El Paso... this is incredibly dangerous for Texas and is not reflective of our values.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas
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msnbc.com

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Beto O'Rourke criticizes the rhetoric surrounding immigration and its dangerous implications.

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