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Beto O'Rourke: “It happened under Donald Trump. It happened under Joe Biden.”

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

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

Published August 3, 2025 | Video Starts at 10:11

No longer can America be complicit in the bombing and the starving and the slaughtering of absolutely innocent children, which is exactly what is taking place with our complicity, with our money, with our arms right now in Gaza. It happened under Donald Trump. It happened under Joe Biden. We've got to tell the truth. And instead of using our power to kill and slaughter and do this to people, especially children, what if we used our power to … (10:11–10:15)

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Asserts that U.S. complicity in Gaza occurred under both Trump and Biden administrations.

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