Beto O'Rourke: “El Paso is pretty geographically and politically isolated…”

“And so on the weekends they stayed at their parents home in. In Mexico. You know, the food, the culture, the cuisine, the music. What's really amazing is that El Paso is pretty geographically and politically isolated from the rest of the country. Like, it's four hours north to Albuquerque in New Mexico. It is, you know, eight and a half hours due east or, you know, southeast to Austin, Texas, our state capital.” (16:58–17:03)

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