Political Quotes

Beto O'Rourke

The Public Record

Beto O'Rourke is an American politician and businessman currently serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives, a position he has held since January 2021. He previously served as a U.S. Representative for Texas's 16th congressional district from 2013 to 2019. O'Rourke is known for his progressive policies, focusing on issues such as healthcare, education, and gun control. He gained national attention during his 2018 Senate campaign against incumbent Ted Cruz, where he emphasized grassroots fundraising and mobilizing young voters.

Quotes by year · 201220251,156 total · peak 2014 (204)
2012: 1 quote2013: 186 quotes2014: 204 quotes2015: 110 quotes2016: 89 quotes2017: 140 quotes2018: 102 quotes2019: 21 quotes2020: 32 quotes2021: 143 quotes2022: 115 quotes2023: 4 quotes2025: 9 quotes
Oct 30, 2020

And if we do this in great enough numbers on Tuesday, then, we for the first time in 44 years, will vote for the Democratic nominee.

transcripts.cnn.com
Oct 30, 2020

They've tried to make it so hard for people to vote. And I think we've all come to the conclusion that they wouldn't be doing this if our work -- if our votes weren't this powerful.

transcripts.cnn.com
Oct 30, 2020

If Biden wins on the night of November 3rd, which as you know, will seal the deal for him and make it mathematically impossible for Donald Trump to have a path to victory, it will be less about frankly, the top of the ticket and more about…

transcripts.cnn.com
Oct 30, 2020

When you cannot win by the rules, you either try to change the rules after the fact, which is what they tried to do in Harris County, or you go beyond the peaceful exercise of your democratic right to vote.

transcripts.cnn.com
Oct 30, 2020

We would love to see Joe Biden in Texas, I think it would just be absolutely catalytic.

transcripts.cnn.com
Oct 30, 2020

Texas has already surpassed its 2016 vote total which is our previous high watermark and was the first state to do that.

transcripts.cnn.com
Oct 14, 2020

we as Democrats do not have power to fix this yet, but what we can do is win these statehouse elections, win a majority this year and then have a majority that can dismantle the voter suppression in Texas.

msnbc.com
Oct 14, 2020

Despite the voter suppression tactics of Greg Abbott and the voter ID laws, and the racial gerrymandering and the ballot box closures in Texas, voters are turning out in record numbers.

msnbc.com
Oct 8, 2020

It is a real race. And I think Texans have been able to connect the dots. They understand that John Cornyn has not only voted time and again to take away health care including protections for pre-existing conditions, but he has enabled…

msnbc.com
Oct 8, 2020

This state is fired up. You see it in the registrations. You see it in the candidates who are contesting across the board, including in districts that last saw a Democrat on the general election ballot 20 years ago.

msnbc.com
Oct 8, 2020

That voter suppression that you talked about when you began this segment, that Democratic majority can dismantle that infrastructure of intimidation, suppression, the voter I.D. laws, the ballot drop off locations that have closed, the…

msnbc.com
Oct 8, 2020

We can turn the page on him and Trumpism with Texas. And that's made possible by what the great people and candidates in Texas are doing, and the fact that Joe Biden seize this opportunity.

msnbc.com
Oct 5, 2020

It can, and in part because Texas is so voter suppressed. It has become very hard to count Democratic voters.

msnbc.com
Oct 5, 2020

They're not even being subtle this time. It's pretty clear to anyone who's paying attention that those new 1.5 million voters are scaring the hell out of the Republican Party.

msnbc.com
Oct 5, 2020

I think we can do this, Joy, and I think -- I think we can end this on the 3rd. You know, Pennsylvania will take days or maybe even weeks to count those ballots. Texas, we'll know on the third. If we win Texas, it is over, mathematically…

msnbc.com
Oct 5, 2020

Yes. There are more than 5.5 million eligible Latino voters in Texas, making it one of the largest blocks of voters in the biggest swing state. Their vote will be decisive in this election.

msnbc.com
Oct 5, 2020

If Joe Biden will come -- and if he will speak to those Latino voters and connect the dots on what Trump has meant for Latinos and what he could do for them, he will win this state.

msnbc.com
Aug 13, 2020

The answer is to have a stay-at-home order until we get that positivity rate... down to where New York is, under 1 percent, then open schools, then open businesses, then get us back to our lives.

msnbc.com
Aug 13, 2020

This makes me so excited. And listening to voters all across Texas in these massive phone banks that we're running, they're excited as well.

msnbc.com
Aug 13, 2020

It's the next vice president of the United States of America, Kamala Harris, who is the perfect response to the racism, nativism and stupidity of Donald Trump and the Trump administration and Trumpism.

msnbc.com
Aug 13, 2020

The lieutenant governor, who is arguably the most powerful elected figure in the state of Texas, Dan Patrick, said on FOX News not too long ago, there are more important things than living.

msnbc.com
Aug 13, 2020

We have got to listen to what they say, Joy. So, the lieutenant governor, who is arguably the most powerful elected figure in the state of Texas, Dan Patrick, said on FOX News not too long ago, there are more important things than living.

msnbc.com
Aug 13, 2020

The answer is yes, but it will take transcending some pretty significant obstacles.

msnbc.com
Aug 13, 2020

Joy, I think this is his to lose. You saw in 2018 we got within two-and-a-half points of Ted Cruz.

msnbc.com
Jul 27, 2020

Hell, yes, we are going to take your AR-15 and your AK-47.

congress.gov

Politicians like Beto O'Rourke