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TexasTowelie

(111,938 posts) Sun Sep 29, 2019, 07:51 AM Sep 2019

O'Rourke talks guns and impeachment in Austin

Beto O’Rourke repeated his calls for the impeachment of President Donald Trump and a mandatory gun buyback program on Saturday.

O’Rourke, who has long supported impeachment, applauded U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement Tuesday that the U.S. House would begin an impeachment inquiry.

Pelosi, D-Calif., launched the inquiry after a whistleblower complaint, since made public, alleged that Trump pressured Ukraine’s president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden.

“Beyond the shadow of a doubt, we now know that the president must be impeached,” O’Rourke said, speaking at the Paramount Theatre during The Texas Tribune Festival. “I’m cautiously optimistic about the path that we’re on now.”

Read more: https://www.statesman.com/news/20190928/orourke-talks-guns-and-impeachment-in-austin

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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