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Beto O'Rourke: “Texas leads the nation in school shootings more than three…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 16:48

They, they make $7,200 a year for being state legislators in a state of 31 million people. You know, just behind California is one of the largest economies on the planet today. Extraordinary challenges, right? You know, Texas leads the nation in school shootings more than three years after Uvalde. was 19 kids, those two teachers who were slaughtered in that classroom. Nothing has changed. And, and these Democratic state legislators are doing their best within a very challenging situation to change that. (16:48–16:53)

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Asserts that Texas has the highest number of school shootings in the nation.

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