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Beto O'Rourke: “The governor has filed with the Texas Supreme Court to…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 17:57

And these 54 state House Democrats who broke quorum, who left the state of Texas at extraordinary personal risk, they're fined $500 a day to a person. They make $7,200 a year in this position of public trust. The governor has filed with the Texas Supreme Court to vacate their [54 state House Democrats'] offices. to remove them from their ability to represent the people that they have been serving. He's also proposing to file second degree felony charges against every one of them. (17:57–18:02)

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Asserts that the Texas governor filed to vacate the offices of 54 state House Democrats.

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