Hundreds turn out for Beto O'Rourke's town hall in Navasota
An enthusiastic crowd of hundreds filled VFW Post No. 4006 in Navasota and spilled outside for U.S. Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke's campaign town hall meeting on Saturday.
O'Rourke, who is hoping to defeat incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz in November's election, has been steadily making his way across the state and has visited all 254 counties, taking questions from voters.
"This is not surprising, to see so many people turn out," said Texas Supreme Court justice candidate Kathy Cheng, who had attended the meeting. "My understanding is that [several hundred] people were here today. That's a pretty good turnout for Navasota. And it's not surprising to see voter turnout from all parties. That's what's so great about the campaign; he's got Republicans and Democrats turning out."
O'Rourke covered a wide variety of topics in his discussion, first giving a short speech and then taking questions and comments from those in the audience. He spoke of widespread educational needs, treatment of veterans by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, health care changes, reform in the criminal justice system and more. The crowd applauded when O'Rourke responded to a question about Social Security with nearly two minutes of Spanish after the questioner said she did not speak fluent English.
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When was the last time that Ted Cruz spoken in Spanish for two minutes?
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