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Beto O'Rourke: “We took no PAC money and, and not corporate PAC money, but…”

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

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Is Texas Still a Democracy? with Beto O’Rourke

Published | Video Starts at 04:35

In, in 2018, for example, when I ran, and this was a huge deal. Let's, let's give you your thoughts. A pretty big deal when, when we ran for Senate against Ted Cruz in, in Texas, We took no PAC money and, and not corporate PAC money, but also not liberal PAC money, no Planned Parenthood, no Sierra Club, just, just people donating, supporting the campaign. We had tens of thousands of volunteers out there knocking on doors and we went to each of the 254 counties of Texas. (04:35–04:45)

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Asserts that his Senate campaign took no PAC money, including corporate and liberal PACs.

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