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| '''Robert Francis''' "'''Beto'''" '''O'Rourke''' is a [[United States of America|US]] politician from [[Texas]]. Despite being hailed as a "[[Progressivism|progressive]]" in the [[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], he's a member of the New Democrat Coalition, which is deeply connected to the finance, industry, and real estate industries and has been described as 'Clintonite'.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Jacqueline Luqman and Norman Soloman|date=2019-03-24|title=Beto O'Rourke: Corporate or Progressive Democrat?|url=https://therealnews.com/beto-orourke-corporate-or-progressive-democrat|newspaper=[[The Real News Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924002939/https://therealnews.com/beto-orourke-corporate-or-progressive-democrat|archive-date=|retrieved=}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{News citation|title=The Progressive Case Against Beto O'Rourke for President|url=https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-progressive-case-against-beto-orourke-for-president/|newspaper=[[TruthDig]]}}</ref> | | '''Robert Francis''' "'''Beto'''" '''O'Rourke''' is an American politician from Texas. He's been promoted by the corporate-owned Democratic Party as a "progressive" but he's a member of the New Democrat Coalition, which is deeply connected to the finance, industry, and real estate industries.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Jacqueline Luqman and Norman Soloman|date=2019-03-24|title=Beto O'Rourke: Corporate or Progressive Democrat?|url=https://therealnews.com/beto-orourke-corporate-or-progressive-democrat|newspaper=[[The Real News Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924002939/https://therealnews.com/beto-orourke-corporate-or-progressive-democrat|archive-date=|retrieved=}}</ref> |
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| He is the son-in-law of American real estate businessman and developer, William Sanders.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Santa Fe New Mexican|title=From Santa Fe to the White House?|date=2019-03-30|url=https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/from-santa-fe-to-the-white-house/article_099d8df9-bfc0-5249-89a6-bf9874bca660.html}}</ref> William has bulldozed low-income Hispanic communities and gentrified them.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Prospect|title=Beto Versus The Barrio|date=2019|url=https://prospect.org/civil-rights/beto-versus-barrio/}}</ref>
| | For the finance reporting period of 2017-18, his top contributors were firstly the US-based tech giant Google Inc. and secondly the pro-Israel liberal lobbying groups, JStreetPAC, which has deep ties to the Democratic Party establishment.<ref>[https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/beto-o-rourke/summary?cid=N00033540 OpenSecrets page for Beto O'Rourke]</ref> |
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| He does not support popular progressive demands like Medicare for All.<ref name=":0" />
| | In 2021, he announced that he's running for Texas Governor.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Jeremy Wallace, Austin Bureau|date=2021-11-15|title=Beto O'Rourke announces he's running for Texas governor|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Beto-O-Rourke-running-for-Texas-governor-16620783.php|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=}}</ref> |
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| For the finance reporting period of 2017-18, his top contributors were firstly the US-based tech giant Google Inc. and secondly the pro-Israel liberal lobbying groups, JStreetPAC, which has deep ties to the Democratic Party establishment.<ref>[https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/beto-o-rourke/summary?cid=N00033540 OpenSecrets page for Beto O'Rourke]</ref><ref>{{News citation|journalist=Nashwa Bawab|date=2018-10-17|title=Beto O’Rourke: progressive except for Palestine|url=https://electronicintifada.net/content/beto-orourke-progressive-except-palestine/25746|newspaper=[[The Electronic Intifada]]}}</ref>
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| In 2021, he announced that he's running for Texas Governor.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Jeremy Wallace, Austin Bureau|date=2021-11-15|title=Beto O'Rourke announces he's running for Texas governor|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Beto-O-Rourke-running-for-Texas-governor-16620783.php|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=}}</ref> In 2022 he won the Democratic Party primary for governor.<ref>[https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1498841783341621255?s=20&t=qAP_bCl6iVtc2gVoNw5SCA "WASHINGTON (AP) -- Beto O'Rourke wins Democratic nomination for governor in Texas primary election."] Kyle Griffen, MSNBC Executive Producer on Twitter.com (Archive)</ref> | |
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| == References == | | == References == |
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| | [[Category:American politicians]] |
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