Beto O'Rourke visits Oklahoma, meets with local Democratic leaders after "historic flood"

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Beto O’Rourke, candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination and former state representative of Texas’ 16th congressional district, met with Democratic leaders in Oklahoma City before visiting areas affected by severe flooding, according tweets from O’Rourke.

O’Rourke met with state Sen. Carri Hicks (D-40), Oklahoma County Commissioner Carrie Blumert and Oklahoma City Council member James Cooper. O’Rourke also met with Taz Al-Michael, College Democrats of Oklahoma president, Sache Primeaux-Shaw, Young Democrats of Oklahoma president, and Sarah Boone, High School Democrats of Oklahoma president.

Al-Michael, also an OU junior, said meeting with O’Rourke and discussing issues facing Oklahomans was “exciting,” especially because Democratic presidential candidates have tended to overlook Oklahoma.

Al-Michael said O’Rourke was interested in learning more about political issues in Oklahoma and understanding how the federal government can best help local government and the state's citizens.

“He really wanted to understand what were the needs of Oklahomans, and what things can be addressed,” Al-Michael said. “A lot of the conversation focused on infrastructure and allowing local control over some of that, infrastructure projects, and ensuring that we’re empowering our legislators and community workers to do a lot of that good work.”

http://www.oudaily.com/news/democratic-presidential-candidate-beto-o-rourke-visits-oklahoma-meets-with/article_71264ed4-857f-11e9-a762-679171608d68.html

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1. K&R for visibility

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2. Thanks!

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3. Interesting Tulsa World write-up:

https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/presidential-candidate-o-rourke-gets-at-look-at-tulsa-county/article_b598b108-6990-56b4-8e58-68c83110225e.html
Presidential candidate O'Rourke gets at look at Tulsa County flood damage
By Randy Krehbiel | Tulsa World | 6 hrs ago

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4. I read that one as well

It was a good article.