Poll: Beto O'Rourke leads 2020 Democrats in Texas by 3 points, followed by Biden | TheHill - The Hill

  1. Poll: Beto O'Rourke leads 2020 Democrats in Texas by 3 points, followed by Biden | TheHill  The Hill
  2. O’Rourke Invites High-School Football Players Who Kneeled for Anthem to Debate  National Review
  3. O'Rourke invites black men who knelt during anthem to debate | TheHill  The Hill
  4. Where Did It Go Wrong for Beto?  The New York Times
  5. Beto O'Rourke: What I've learned from living in today's Ellis Island  CNN
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