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Related: About this forumBeto O'Rourke will appear on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show.' But will he dance?
WASHINGTON-- A video of Rep. Beto O'Rourke defending the rights of NFL players to kneel during the national anthem landed him an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Sept. 5.
The El Paso Democrat's response to a question during an Aug. 10 town hall in Houston went viral last week, earning mentions from celebrities including basketball legend LeBron James, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, actor Kevin Bacon, former NFL quarterback Kurt Warner and DeGeneres. As of Tuesday, the video had been viewed 17.9 million times on Twitter and more than 25 million times on Facebook.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2018/08/28/beto-orourke-accepts-invitation-appear-ellen-degeneres-show
The El Paso Democrat's response to a question during an Aug. 10 town hall in Houston went viral last week, earning mentions from celebrities including basketball legend LeBron James, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, actor Kevin Bacon, former NFL quarterback Kurt Warner and DeGeneres. As of Tuesday, the video had been viewed 17.9 million times on Twitter and more than 25 million times on Facebook.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2018/08/28/beto-orourke-accepts-invitation-appear-ellen-degeneres-show
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Beto O'Rourke will appear on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show.' But will he dance? (Original Post)
herding cats
Aug 2018
OP
Great. Whenever I see a story about this wonderful man, this educated, intelligent, responsible
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2018
#1
Love this. It'll be huge for exposure and continuing to get his name out there.
bearsfootball516
Aug 2018
#3
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)1. Great. Whenever I see a story about this wonderful man, this educated, intelligent, responsible
and decent man, running against
this severely corrupt piece of shit, it amazes me there is a race involved at all.
Gothmog
(145,567 posts)2. K&R
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)3. Love this. It'll be huge for exposure and continuing to get his name out there.
Gothmog
(145,567 posts)4. Beto O'Rourke video gets him an audience with Ellen DeGeneres