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Beto O'Rourke: “I don't know why he would do this. I know that in doing so many more of our fellow Texans are going to die beyond the…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2021
I don't know why he would do this. I know that in doing so many more of our fellow Texans are going to die beyond the 44,000 who've already come to COVID in the ill prepared way that he met the pandemic and in the Bosch rollout of the vaccines.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Beto O'Rourke expresses concern over Governor Abbott's decision to lift the mask mandate, predicting it will lead to more COVID-19 deaths in Texas.

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