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'''Robert Francis''' "'''Beto'''" '''O'Rourke''' is an American 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 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>


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" />

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Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke is a US 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]

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