Beto O'Rourke: “We are the people who overcame, peacefully and non…”

“We are the people who defeated the divisions of Hitler's Third Reich overseas to stop fascism abroad so that it could never be in power here in America. And We are the people who overcame, peacefully and non violently, the armed and elected thugs of Jim Crow to win voting rights and civil rights for each and every single American. No matter the differences between us. That is who we are. All of that service, all of that struggle, all of that sacrifice has flowed through these 249 years to us here today in Austin, the year of our Lord 2025.” (03:16–03:31)

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