Beto O'Rourke

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

Let’s end the use of cash bail once and for all and provide states grants to replace these systems. I also support decriminalizing truancy in a flawed system that disproportionately targets black and brown students. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

Fourth, we finally disrupt the cycles of poverty that trap people in a criminal justice system where they do not belong. On any given day, nearly half a million people are in jail — many for misdemeanors — because they cannot afford to post bail. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

Third, we eliminate private, for-profit prisons. No place in our society for a multibillion-dollar industry that profits off human suffering. We will not continue to outsource imprisonment to corporations that have a perverse profit incentive to put more people behind bars. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

Second, we stop using mandatory minimums for nonviolent drug offenses — a practice that costs us dearly in both a loss of human potential and a prison budget that has nearly doubled in the past two decades. We must begin treating addiction like the public health concern it is. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

First, we end a failed war on drugs that has long been a war on people, waged on some more than others. We must end the federal prohibition on marijuana and expunge the records of those who were locked away for possessing it. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

Across the country, students, activists, and advocates are laying bare this history and leading the way forward. Because of their efforts and the civil rights heroes before them, I believe we have the opportunity to rebuild our justice system. This is how I propose we do it: — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

If we are to end mass incarceration, we must confront the fact that every arm of the system is shaped by this legacy — from the over-policing of black and brown neighborhoods, to a process marked by unequal resources, to prisons that set people up for failure rather than reentry. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

It's a prison population perpetuated by a school-to-prison pipeline that starts as early as kindergarten, where a black child is 5x as likely to be suspended or expelled as a white child. Many have joined Michelle Alexander in calling this the New Jim Crow, and for good reason. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

It's shameful that our country has the world’s largest prison population. One comprised disproportionately of people of color; built on prosecuting some communities for nonviolent drug offenses & not others, even as people of all races use illegal drugs at roughly the same rate. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

I published a @BrennanCenter essay this morning that not only confronts a justice system that is patently unjust -- continuing the legacy of slavery and suppression to criminalize people of color -- but also outlines urgent steps to reform it. Take a look: https://t.co/2U4xHOuIQg — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

A 2-year-old has died, the 4th child seeking asylum to die in our care in 6 months. End the suffering, the trauma, the death at our border. Treat immigrants and asylum seekers like human beings. Focus on the wellbeing of these kids above any other concern. https://t.co/KYdFrWzIJH — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

At a time of unprecedented attacks on women and their health care, we must protect Roe v. Wade and defend a woman’s right to make her own decisions about her body. https://t.co/veTfX3Y5ho — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

It's unconscionable for even one veteran to be left behind. We're going to serve every veteran who served every single one of us. We're going to invest in their education, job training, housing, mental & physical health care. That's a promise this country must keep, and we will. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

Our efforts made more veterans eligible for mental health services but new reporting shows the VA has done little to spread the word and ensure these veterans get this lifesaving care. It's unacceptable. We know what's wrong, we know how to fix it, and now we need the VA to act. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

In the midst of a suicide crisis that claims the lives of more than 20 veterans a day (14 of whom hadn't accessed the VA), I worked with members of both parties to write, pass, and sign into law legislation that expanded access to mental health care for veterans. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

This country doesn't spare resources in sending young women and men to fight in endless wars. We shouldn't allow it to spare resources investing in them when they come home. We need to do everything in our power to serve those who served our country. https://t.co/aTr4xgwJIY — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

Universal, guaranteed, high-quality health care must be achieved as quickly and as surely as possible so everyone can see a doctor, afford their prescriptions, and live to their full potential. https://t.co/QzZBD7OtwR — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

We will fight these dangerous efforts with everything we’ve got in legislatures across the country, in the courts, and at the ballot box. We will win. Take action now by supporting organizations like @PPFA that provide critical health care to millions. https://t.co/jXx5wHhFBj — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

HB 314 is not only unconstitutional - it's a radical attack on women across Alabama and America. We won't back down when it comes to fully protecting Roe v. Wade, fighting dangerous efforts to roll back reproductive health care and defending a woman’s right to access an abortion. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

RT @monterlr: Beto visiting Houston @BetoORourke all our support https://t.co/VjI5S2P4oj — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

Let us forever free Dreamers from any fear of deportation by making them citizens, bring their parents and millions more out of the shadows, honor our asylum laws, never again take another child from another parent, and reunite every family that has been separated so far. https://t.co/4xFeBbGBoW — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

In 2018, we forever changed voting in Texas. Now, our work continues so every American is able to fully participate in our democracy. We need a new Voting Rights Act that ends gerrymandering, gets big money out of politics, and institutes automatic & same-day voter registration. https://t.co/IHH0zBBTco — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

Let’s support rural America by listening to and partnering with rural communities to invest in hospitals. Expand Medicaid in those states that haven't. Take power from the hands of insurance companies and return it to people with universal, guaranteed, high-quality health care. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

More than 100 of the country’s remote hospitals have closed in the past decade. 1 in 5 of the rural hospitals that remain open are at a high risk of closing too. We've seen the impact and urgency of this crisis firsthand in Texas and too many other states. https://t.co/d74Ty5vn1z — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

We have an economy that works too well for too few and not at all for far too many. Let's increase opportunity by achieving: ✅ Equal Pay ✅ Paid family leave ✅ Universal Pre-K ✅ Affordable childcare ✅ $15 minimum wage ✅ Universal health care ✅ The Equal Rights Amendment https://t.co/qoiP9hufyt — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

See you soon, Iowa! Looking forward to being back. — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

RT @ABCPolitics: "I really want to make sure that this campaign is for everyone," 2020 Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke tells @TheView. "… — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

RT @TheView: “We’re not going to put kids in cages — we’re not going to deport their moms,” @BetoORourke says explaining his immigration an… — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

RT @TheView: THIS MORNING: Presidential hopeful @BetoORourke joins @TheView co-hosts for the first time — see his daytime exclusive intervi… — PolitiTweet.org

Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

RT @MSNBC: Beto O'Rourke: Trump has "turned his back on our allies, on our friends, on those connections that we have forged in sacrifice t… — PolitiTweet.org