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Beto O'Rourke: “Greg Abbott purchased the best Republican representatives…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 1:00:56

So he took a $6 million check from an out of state billionaire, this guy Jeff Yass in Pennsylvania who's one of these Christian nationalists. With that 6 million, Greg Abbott purchased the best Republican representatives that money can buy, replacing those Republicans who had stood fast. So that just so everyone knows the calculus on this, the Democrats still oppose this grab of our property tax dollars out of our local schools. (1:00:56–1:01:05)

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Asserts that Greg Abbott used financial influence to replace certain Republican representatives.

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