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Beto O'Rourke

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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.

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Apr 20, 2022

This is how we are going to help win the voters we need to win this in November.

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Apr 20, 2022

No one is doing more to hurt our competitiveness and our business prospects and the ability to ensure that we have great jobs in Texas than Greg Abbott.

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Apr 14, 2022

This is Greg Abbott`s Texas, and it is coming to the rest of America, unless we stop him and defeat him in November.

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Apr 14, 2022

You better believe, in the Rio Grande Valley, in South Texas, in Laredo, every single person in those communities, because their economy depends on cross-border trade, knows what Greg Abbott has done. He`s killing their businesses right…

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Apr 14, 2022

This was a purely political stunt that has done deep damage not just to the Texas economy, but to the national economy.

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Apr 14, 2022

This guy cannot keep the lights on. He cannot keep the economy going. He cannot keep us safe. He`s very bad for Texas, bad for the country.

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Apr 14, 2022

He is tanking the Texas economy with what he`s doing at the border.

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Apr 14, 2022

There`s only one person that this helped, and that was Greg Abbott politically in the short term on one cable network.

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Apr 14, 2022

This is Greg Abbott`s Texas, and it is coming to the rest of America, unless we stop him and defeat him in November.

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Apr 14, 2022

He`s killing their businesses right now.

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Apr 14, 2022

This guy cannot keep the lights on. He cannot keep the economy going. He cannot keep us safe. He`s very bad for Texas, bad for the country.

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Apr 12, 2022

It`s really important that we understand what is happening here in the Rio Grande Valley, and throughout the U.S. Mexico border here in Texas. Because of the crisis and the chaos that Greg Abbott has caused through his executive action…

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Apr 12, 2022

One thing is that the person we are running against, Greg Abbott owns everything that has happened in the state of Texas. The power grid failure, it was his fault, that killed hundreds of our fellow Texans, and raised every single person`s…

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Apr 12, 2022

I actually feel really good about things here in the state of Texas, Texas stepping up to fix our problems and to make sure that we overcome these challenges, and win this for the people of Texas, and give them the impact for the people in…

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Apr 12, 2022

These trucks that Greg Abbott has blockaded from coming in the United States are carrying parts. They`re destined for the factory floor in San Antonio where we build Toyota Tundra and Tacoma, to factories in Ohio and Michigan and other…

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Apr 12, 2022

I think the people of Texas and really the people of this country understand whether it`s the chaos that Greg Abbott is creating on the border, or this attack on democracy, making it harder to vote and register in Texas than it isn`t any…

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Apr 12, 2022

We are going to make sure that we fire Greg Abbott, and change the state for the better.

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Apr 12, 2022

I wish that the Department of Justice would intervene on voting fights right now. I wish the Supreme Court would do the right thing on the woman`s right to choose.

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Feb 1, 2022

Chris, this is the energy capital of the world. And you have far worse weather in other parts of America. You don`t see these kinds of outages. You don`t see this many millions losing power. And you certainly don`t see Americans freezing…

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Feb 1, 2022

It’s the Abbott tax in Texas, 20 to 50 bucks a month per utility payer, whether you live in an apartment or a home across the state of Texas. And not just this month, and not just for this year, but for the next 20 years to pay back the…

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Feb 1, 2022

Whatever they spend, and I’ve seen estimates that it’s one to three percent of their operating costs for these gas supply companies, it’s a hell of a lot less expensive than losing a life or more than 700 lives, or the more than $100…

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Feb 1, 2022

If she is an 18-year-old young woman was strong enough to face up to an all-white higher education system and defeat it, then the young people of Texas are strong enough to learn her story today.

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Jan 24, 2022

This is a political ploy on the part of the governor, but the people who are paying the price beyond the taxpayers, are those members of the governor.

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Jan 24, 2022

This voter suppression tactic is incredibly successful at denying people the ability to vote.

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Jan 24, 2022

Unfortunately, for those of us in Texas, it is not surprising.

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