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June 19, 2019

Beto Answers Town Hall for America Question about Beto's Plan to help Northern Triangle Countries

Beto invited Americans to submit questions via his website and Mike from Aurora, CO is the first to be answered!

https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1141109677385760768

See Beto's full Immigration Plan here:
https://betoorourke.com/immigration/

June 18, 2019

The polar opposite of Trump

Because America neends compassion, hope and someone to inspire and motivate by sharing with the world all of the stories of the people he meets and connects with.

June 18, 2019

BETO O'ROURKE'S PLAN FOR LGBTQ EQUALITY FOCUSES ON PROTECTING TRANSGENDER PEOPLE

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke released a proposal last week to achieve equality for LGBTQ Americans and reinstate protections abandoned by President Donald Trump.

The plan—O'Rourke's sixth major policy rollout—is heavy on executive actions he would pursue to support the LGBTQ community. It also prescribes legislation he would champion and steps that can be taken on the global stage.

"We must ensure all Americans are treated equally no matter who they are or who they love," the former El Paso congressman said in a statement on the proposal, which comes amid LGBTQ Pride Month and arrived hours before he was set to lead a "Pride Run" in New York City.

Among the executive actions that O'Rourke would take: overturning Trump's ban on transgender people serving in the military, reversing the "deploy or get out" policy that critics say discriminates against HIV-positive service members, and bringing back Department of Education guidance that sought to protect LGBTQ students. O'Rourke would also act to crack down on conversion therapy, update blood donation requirements for LGBTQ people, increase LGBTQ representation in the census, and install more pro-LGBTQ people in government, especially in the judiciary.

O'Rourke's plan puts an emphasis on protecting transgender people—specifically transgender women of color—calling for the Department of Justice to investigate crimes against them and making sure law enforcement agencies get the right training to respond. Dallas in particular has been roiled by a recent string of slayings involving transgender women of color.

When it comes to legislation, O'Rourke backs measures such as the Equality Act, a sweeping bill passed last month by the Democratic-led House of Representatives that would overhaul the Civil Rights Act to protect LGBTQ Americans. O'Rourke also wants to make sure LGBTQ people have equal access to health care and insurance as part of any universal health-care system that his administration would pursue in Congress.

And on the international front, O'Rourke proposes things like collaborating with allies to craft a global treaty through the International Law Commission of the United Nations that would shield LGBTQ people from persecution. O'Rourke also would create a "special envoy for the human rights of LGBTQ+ people" in the Department of State.


https://psmag.com/social-justice/beto-orourkes-plan-to-achieve-lgbtq-equality

See the full plan here: https://betoorourke.com/lgbtq/
June 17, 2019

Beto O'Rourke moves to 4th place, Warren to 3rd in new Hill/Harris X Poll

https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/448910-poll-biden-leads-Sanders-by-22-points


He was previously in 6th behind Harris and Buttigieg but has moved ahead of both now.

Current poll results


Last poll results
June 16, 2019

Happy Father's Day Message from Beto O'Rourke...this literally made me cry

The man talking about crossing the river to help his kids is Beto's father for anyone who did not know.

https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1140386834830299136

June 15, 2019

MUST SEE!! Beto Justice Reform Roundtable with African American Leaders in SC(INCREDIBLE Video)

I caught the last half of this and it was such an incredible conversation, one of the best I have ever heard.

June 15, 2019

What Beto REALLY said about Obama in this video

The portion in question begins right around 3:17

June 14, 2019

Beto is back in South Carolina, will be holding a roundtable at Gullah Geechee Nation today

If you are a parent who had kids who watched Nick in the 1990's you might remember the show "Gullah Gullah Island." I don't think I have ever heard of a candidate visiting there before but I'm betting this visit is about Climate Change and maybe Voting Rights. I hope they live stream it! I think it's supposed to start in about an hour.

I found this tweet referencing it:

https://twitter.com/ImmaBlueDot/status/1139585956774895616

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