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Beto O'Rourke: “We won full political and Democratic rights in the Voting…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:37

But sure enough, it is going to come. And I think one of the big lessons, a rude awakening for me personally is, you know, we won abortion access in 1973. We won full political and Democratic rights in the Voting Rights Act in 1965. civil rights in 1964. We think that once we've won these victories, the fight is over. In 2018, we stopped Donald Trump's family separation. We protested, we rallied. (05:37–05:42)

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Asserts that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 secured full political and democratic rights.

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