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Beto O'Rourke: “This is a death threat, Representative. Clearly you shouldn't own an AR-15, and neither should anyone else.”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2019
This is a death threat, Representative. Clearly you shouldn't own an AR-15, and neither should anyone else.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

O'Rourke responds to a Texas lawmaker's tweet, interpreting it as a death threat.

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