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Beto O'Rourke: “We have effectively allowed millions of people to be…”

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

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I can't register to vote because I'm young, because I'm a student, because I'm a person of color, because I live in a low income neighborhood. We have effectively allowed millions of people to be disenfranchised [in Texas]. They know there's no democracy in Texas. Or those who watch Elon Musk spend $300 million to purchase the outcome of a presidential election, I don't think you call that democracy. (08:23–08:29)

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