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Beto O'Rourke: “Those families who I'm in constant contact with want answers. They want justice and they also want action so that no…”

On the recordAugust 22, 2022
Those families who I'm in constant contact with want answers. They want justice and they also want action so that no other family has to experience the grief and the loss that they're living through right now.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas

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O'Rourke expresses the need for accountability and action following the Uvalde shooting.

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