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Indygram

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Tue May 21, 2019, 11:18 AM May 2019

O'Rourke: Time to play rough with Republicans


...prompted by a town hall-goer who had become frustrated with another Democrat for whom she had high hopes, Barack Obama.

With the intransigence in Washington, the woman asked, how could O’Rourke get anything done?

“There was no person more inspiring in public life, in my life, than Barack Obama,” O’Rourke responded, saying he was prepared to “walk through walls” for him in 2008.

“One of the frustrations, though, during those eight years, is so many people who were willing to walk through walls — and some of you did walk through walls here in Iowa — no longer felt connected to the mission, to the policies and to the goals during that administration,” O’Rourke said.

If elected, O’Rourke suggested he would go to conservative districts to pressure Republican lawmakers on policies related to health care, college affordability and the economy.

“Let’s go past [Rep.] Steve King directly to his constituents, make the case to them and involve them in the work to make sure that we get this done,” he said, invoking an Iowa Republican loathed by Democrats.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell “effectively stripped Barack Obama of the last year of his presidency when it came to nominating [a justice] to the Supreme Court,” O’Rourke said.

“If we play nicely by the set rules, we’re going to end up with the same results,” he added. “If we go around some of these intransigent members of Congress, if we build a majority in both houses of Congress to make sure that we deliver this legislation … then we’ll be able to achieve this ambitious agenda.”


https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/21/beto-orourke-town-hall-bipartisan-1336697
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He was in Steve King's hometown last month dalton99a May 2019 #1
He's absolutely right BeyondGeography May 2019 #2
I agree. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #3
 

dalton99a

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1. He was in Steve King's hometown last month
Tue May 21, 2019, 11:27 AM
May 2019

Last edited Tue May 21, 2019, 12:29 PM - Edit history (1)

Good that he brought up Merrick Garland as an example


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BeyondGeography

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2. He's absolutely right
Tue May 21, 2019, 11:37 AM
May 2019

Stick with that, Beto.

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Honeycombe8

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3. I agree.
Tue May 21, 2019, 01:53 PM
May 2019

It may not get the desired results (those voters elected and re-elected those extremists), but it's better than stepping aside to let the bulldozer roll past.

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