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Beto O'Rourke: “This past February, when the electricity grid failed, and millions of our fellow Texans were without power... they were…”

On the recordNovember 16, 2021
This past February, when the electricity grid failed, and millions of our fellow Texans were without power... they were abandoned by those who were elected to serve and look out for them.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

O`Rourke's criticism of the Texas leadership's response to the electricity grid failure.

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