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He does not support popular progressive demands like Medicare for All.<ref name=":0" /> | He does not support popular progressive demands like Medicare for All.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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> | 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> | ||
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> | 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> | ||
Revision as of 03:02, 2 March 2022
Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke is an American politician from Texas. Despite being hailed as a "progressive" in the bourgeois 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'.[1][2]
He does not support popular progressive demands like Medicare for All.[2]
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.[3][4]
In 2021, he announced that he's running for Texas Governor.[5] In 2022 he won the Democratic Party primary for governor.[6]
References
- ↑ Jacqueline Luqman and Norman Soloman (2019-03-24). "Beto O'Rourke: Corporate or Progressive Democrat?" The Real News Network. Archived from the original.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Progressive Case Against Beto O'Rourke for President". TruthDig.
- ↑ OpenSecrets page for Beto O'Rourke
- ↑ Nashwa Bawab (2018-10-17). "Beto O’Rourke: progressive except for Palestine" The Electronic Intifada.
- ↑ Jeremy Wallace, Austin Bureau (2021-11-15). "Beto O'Rourke announces he's running for Texas governor" Houston Chronicle.
- ↑ "WASHINGTON (AP) -- Beto O'Rourke wins Democratic nomination for governor in Texas primary election." Kyle Griffen, MSNBC Executive Producer on Twitter.com (Archive)