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TexasTowelie

(116,596 posts)
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 03:20 PM Jun 2019

Davenport voter: 'Beto has the coolness that Obama did'

CLINTON — Beto O’Rourke capped the busiest weekend of the caucus season with a Monday morning town hall in Clinton.

Over the weekend, 19 candidates for president — nearly the full field — attended campaign events in Cedar Rapids.

But in Clinton on Monday, before a packed room of voters at the Gateway Area Community Center, O’Rourke — or just Beto as his supporters call him — had the stage to himself.

After introducing his wife, Amy, who spoke about their relationship and family, the 46-year-old former congressman from El Paso, Texas, made a brief opening speech and fielded a diverse array of questions from the more than 100 in attendance.

Read more: https://qconline.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/davenport-voter-beto-has-the-coolness-that-obama-did/article_84018c74-0601-5452-a66f-b8839c1a7680.html#1
(Rock Island Dispatch-Argus)

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Davenport voter: 'Beto has the coolness that Obama did' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP
he is underappreciated, for sure Skittles Jun 2019 #1
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