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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 ORourke get anything done?
There was no person more inspiring in public life, in my life, than Barack Obama, ORourke 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, ORourke said.
If elected, ORourke suggested he would go to conservative districts to pressure Republican lawmakers on policies related to health care, college affordability and the economy.
Lets 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, ORourke said.
If we play nicely by the set rules, were 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 well 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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O'Rourke: Time to play rough with Republicans (Original Post)
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May 2019
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dalton99a
(81,709 posts)1. He was in Steve King's hometown last month
Last edited Tue May 21, 2019, 12:29 PM - Edit history (1)
Good that he brought up Merrick Garland as an example
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BeyondGeography
(39,399 posts)2. He's absolutely right
Stick with that, Beto.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)3. I agree.
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.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided