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Beto O'Rourke: “Elon Musk can spend $300 million to purchase an outcome for…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 33:49

Instead of telling folks as we did in 2024, that we're going to save a democracy that really, functionally, effectively does not exist in this country. Not when it is so hard to vote in the state of Texas. Not when one man, Elon Musk can spend $300 million to purchase an outcome for his preferred presidential candidate. Not when members of Congress can stay in office for the rest of their natural lives, insulated from the very people that they should be accountable to. (33:49–33:58)

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