O'Rourke Rails Against Concentration of Power and Wealth

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O’Rourke Rails Against Concentration of Power and Wealth

March 30, 2019 at 5:17 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 172 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/03/30/orourke-rails-against-concentration-of-power-and-wealth/

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“Beto O’Rourke, christening his presidential campaign at a boisterous rally in his hometown, cast himself on Saturday as a crusader against moneyed interests that he said have corrupted America’s democracy and a president he accused of capitalizing on politics of “fear and division,'” Politico reports.

“In what amounted to his maiden stump speech — delivered at the first large-scale, structured event of his nascent campaign — O’Rourke’s populist progressive framing evoked similar appeals from rivals Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.”

Said O’Rourke: “This extraordinary, unprecedented concentration of wealth and power and privilege must be broken apart and opportunity

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[Gothmog]

1. I watched the Houston event online

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[Gothmog]

2. Beto helped turn Harris County blie

Here are some of the judges Beto help to elect

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[ck4829]

3. K&R

[RLG]

4. But I thought he lacked "substance"?

Funny, that sounds like substance to me.

[Gothmog]

5. From Today's WeThePeople event

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[Celerity]

6. Sounds like a great message, glad to have him in the field.