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Beto O'Rourke: “There is, in fact, from everything that I know about this, absolutely no connection to the border.”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2014
There is, in fact, from everything that I know about this, absolutely no connection to the border.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

O'Rourke asserts there is no link between the Iran terror plot and the U.S./Mexico border.

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