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Beto O'Rourke: “A $7.25 an hour minimum wage, the least insured, insured…”

Featuring: Beto O'Rourke, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Texas

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'This is our last best chance to stand and fight': Beto O'Rourke on Texas' redistricting plan

Published | Video Starts at 04:47

Nothing's changed in those three years to make it any less likely it'll happen to any other kid in this state. A $7.25 an hour minimum wage, the least insured, insured population in America, leading the country in childhood diabetes deaths. That's your, your future. The extreme hot house of Republican crazy ideas, as you just pointed out. Or if we stand and fight and win your future that we've seen before in Texas. (04:47–04:56)

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Asserts that Texas has a low minimum wage, low insurance coverage, and high childhood diabetes deaths.

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