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Beto O'Rourke: “We have got to fight back. And that fight now has to be in the United States Senate, where we need the For the People…”

On the recordJune 20, 2021
We have got to fight back. And that fight now has to be in the United States Senate, where we need the For the People Act to become law, because it protects us against these forms of voter suppression.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas
Source
msnbc.com

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O`Rourke emphasizes the need for the For the People Act to combat voter suppression.

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