Beto O'Rourke pushes gun control, health care, immigration reform in Pittsburgh

It’s been more than 20 years since Beto O’Rourke last visited Pittsburgh.

But the former Texas congressman seemed right at home Wednesday on the University of Pittsburgh campus in Oakland as he stopped to snap selfies with students who greeted him by name and to answer their questions about his position on issues like student debt and creating jobs.

This was O’Rourke’s second stop in Pennsylvania since he started campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination — his first was a visit to State College in March — and he had kind words for a city that he said has much in common with his own hometown of El Paso.

“Having seen Pittsburgh, I think about these beautiful hills, I think about the neighborhoods that have so much character and history,” O’Rourke said. “I think about a community that has distinguished itself by welcoming asylum seekers and refugees and immigrants from the world over.”

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