After brushing aside the frenzied 2020 presidential hype and closely scrutinizing the public voting record of outgoing Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), Capital & Main investigative journalist David Sirota published a detailed analysis on Thursday showing that the Texas congressman frequently voted to advance President Donald Trump and the GOP’s right-wing agenda during his three terms in the House.
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“Amid persistently high economic inequality and a climate change crisis, O’Rourke has voted for GOP bills that his fellow Democratic lawmakers said reinforced Republicans’ tax agenda, chipped away at the Affordable Care Act, weakened Wall Street regulations, boosted the fossil fuel industry, and bolstered Trump’s immigration policy,” Sirota wrote in his report, which was co-published by the Guardian.
“Consumer, environmental, public health, and civil rights organizations have cast legislation backed by O’Rourke as aiding big banks, undermining the fight against climate change, and supporting Trump’s anti-immigrant program,” he continued.
Sirota’s in-depth breakdown of O’Rourke’s voting record sparked social media outrage from Democratic loyalists, who advanced the familiar claim that critically probing the record of potential Democratic presidential candidates is tantamount to helping Trump win reelection.
“Here’s the thing, everyone: I’ll gladly take all of your personal insults and your freakouts over this article,” Sirota wrote on Twitter. “It’s worth the psychological cost of your toxicity as long as the article ends up injecting some substance into the 2020 presidential primaries.”
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