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Beto O'Rourke: “To add insult to injury, and that schoolteacher, if she’s like half of school teachers in Texas is working a second or…”

On the recordFebruary 22, 2021
To add insult to injury, and that schoolteacher, if she’s like half of school teachers in Texas is working a second or even third job to make ends meet because we don’t pay our public school educators half enough for the work that they do in order to put food on the table and in this case to pay their electricity bill.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Beto O`Rourke highlights the financial struggles of Texas school teachers amid the crisis.

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