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Mon Sep 23, 2019, 12:30 PM Sep 2019

Beto O'Rourke Wants to Talk Guns With Anyone Who Will Listen

KEENE, N.H. — Beto O’Rourke began his rally with a non sequitur.

He told a story of how he was killing time at a park a few hours earlier when he happened upon a woman pounding on a set of drums, with her car parked next to her, and the radio blasting “Any Way You Want It” by Journey.

“And I thought, that is so punk rock!” Mr. O’Rourke effused.

Mr. O’Rourke, the pin-balling presidential candidate from Texas, told the audience that he felt fortunate to have witnessed such “a beautiful, powerful, transcendent moment.” He then got to the point of his story.

Or not: “I don’t even know why I’m telling you this,” he acknowledged. “Except that I had to share this with somebody.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/23/us/politics/beto-orourke-guns-2020.html

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