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Beto O'Rourke: “There are 280 bodies stacked up in a warehouse because there are not enough grave diggers and not enough graves to be…”

On the recordMarch 3, 2021
There are 280 bodies stacked up in a warehouse because there are not enough grave diggers and not enough graves to be dug to put them in the ground. They had to set up 10 Mobile wards. And that`s just in my city right now is 85 percent Mexican American, they just don`t care and that indifference is killing people in my community and throughout the state of Texas.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas
Source
msnbc.com

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Beto O'Rourke discusses the severe impact of COVID-19 in his community, highlighting the indifference of authorities.

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