Ep. 319 — Beto O'Rourke (TV)

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Former Texas congressmen Beto O’Rourke joins David on CNN to talk about his vision for the country, growing up as the son of a larger-than-life Texas politician, what the reality of life is like on the US-Mexico border, and more To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:21.8	And now from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles with your host,
0:28.4	David Axelrod.
0:31.0	One of the great stories of the 2018 campaign was the emergence of Beto or Rorick in Texas,
0:39.3	who kind of took the country by storm in his very competitive race with Ted Cruz for the
0:45.1	United States Senate.
0:46.8	That race became a foundation for a presidential campaign that is very much in the middle of
0:52.2	the 2020 picture.
0:54.0	I sat down with a former congressman in El Paso earlier this week for my CNN TV show.
0:59.6	Here's the full conversation.
1:01.6	Beto or Rorick, so good to be with you here in El Paso, the historic Plaza Theatre, goes
1:11.6	back to what, 1930?
1:13.6	Yeah, right, right about then, and restored by the community in the face of imminent demolition.
1:22.0	Community came together and saved this jewel, restored it.
1:25.4	And now it's the pride of downtown El Paso.
1:27.2	Did you ever play this thousand seat?
1:31.6	No, no.
1:32.6	We were lucky to play a street corner or a small bar, but no, never the Plaza Theatre,
1:37.6	but it's an honor to be with you and to be here in El Paso.
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