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Beto O'Rourke: “Bring these guard members home. If you are not going to put them to the full and best use, that is meeting an emergency…”

On the recordJanuary 24, 2022
Bring these guard members home. If you are not going to put them to the full and best use, that is meeting an emergency or crisis, if there are simply political window dressing for your campaign and Republican primary, and let them come back home to their families, to their homes, to their careers, and to their communities. That is the least that we can do for those who have been willing to put their lives on the line for this country and service so honorably.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Beto O`Rourke criticizes Governor Greg Abbott for using National Guard members as political props instead of addressing real emergencies.

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