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Beto O'Rourke: “It is this very democracy that countless Americans have…”

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

Beto O'Rourke Delivers the Commencement Speech at the USC Gould School of Law

Published May 24, 2025 | Video Starts at 14:45

And by winning that decision, extended it to countless Americans for generations to follow. But it is those freedoms, it is those freedoms that Sarah Weddington and others won for all of us. It is this very democracy that countless Americans have sacrificed and lost their lives for. It is all of that that is under attack right now. And so the question you might ask yourself is, what can I do about this? (14:45–14:54)

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