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Beto O'Rourke: “If we don't pass the For The People Act, as the President called for today, then we will lose what Lincoln called the…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2021
If we don't pass the For The People Act, as the President called for today, then we will lose what Lincoln called the last best hope of earth.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas

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O'Rourke stresses the urgency of passing voting rights legislation.

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