Article 5KTXG Beto O’Rourke on Texas: ‘I don’t know that we’re a conservative state’

Beto O’Rourke on Texas: ‘I don’t know that we’re a conservative state’

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Alexandra Villarreal
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The former Democratic presidential hopeful discusses the importance of the voting rights fight

To Beto O'Rourke, voting rights represent the silver bullet for progress in Texas.

If more of the over 7 million Texans who were eligible to vote but didn't last election could actually make it to the ballot box, the former Democratic presidential hopeful thinks state lawmakers would soon stop going after transgender student athletes and abortion access.

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