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zxcvvcxz on March 15, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hac...

Isn't this the guy who wants to dissolve the border between Texas and Mexico? Jesus.

Here's the difference borders make: check out Nogales Mexico vs. Nogales Arizona -

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/travel/nogales-arizona-me...

It's not race or genetics or even culture. It's the institutions separated by country borders that let almost otherwise identical cities have radically different outcomes.

BryantD on March 15, 2019 [–]

Hey, I may have missed something -- do you have a cite for the claim that he wants to dissolve the border?

dumitrupetrov on March 15, 2019 | [–]

Here one: https://www.dailywire.com/news/43514/tear-it-down-beto-orour...

google it, there's a video.

BryantD on March 15, 2019 | | [–]

That's to be a video of Beto arguing that walls should be torn down. I'm asking about this claim that he wants to dissolve borders.

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