everyone has been missing that Beto has been putting in the work the last few years when he wasn't even an elected official. so yeah, it might have been performative but it sure as hell wasn't disingenuous.
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I literally have receipts. showing up to advocate from trans kids on a day he was at the capital for voting rights:
some guy named Beto from El Paso testifying against
#SB29
today at
#txlege
on how harmful on multiple levels it is to discriminate against trans children
@BetoORourke
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he spearheaded wellness checks to seniors during the winter storm:
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and there's more of these stories if you look for them. he didn't just drop in for the fame.
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@taylor_atx
We live in a media-saturated society. Sometimes performative is the only thing that gets noticed.
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