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Beto O'Rourke: “Whatever you see on paper today is likely going to become much worse as it goes into conference committee and other…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2021
Whatever you see on paper today is likely going to become much worse as it goes into conference committee and other provisions are added to it. So we need to stop this effort to change or tamper our elections now, before it goes any further. And then, ultimately, we need the United States Senate to act. The only way that you stop voter suppression in Texas and Georgia and Florida and in so many other parts of the country is by having federal intervention to protect the right to vote.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas
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msnbc.com

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Beto O'Rourke discusses the urgency of stopping voter suppression efforts and the need for federal intervention.

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