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Beto O'Rourke: “Naturalized citizens, meaning people who are not born in the…”

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

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'If Trump wins mid-terms, IT'S GAME OVER' - top democrat says democracy at stake

Published | Video Starts at 41:51

What the problem would be, if the President seeks to intimidate people who are peacefully and legally trying to vote by purging their names from the voter rolls. This has happened before. Naturalized citizens, meaning people who are not born in the United States but have become citizens naturalized here, trying to vote, being purged from the voter rolls and having to prove their citizenship. Perhaps in front of a Border Patrol agent at the polling location, we can imagine our fellow citizens saying, you know what, the hell with that. (41:51–42:03)

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