Democrat O'Rourke proposes domestic terrorism agencies to combat hate, gun massacres

Posted on AllSides August 16th, 2019
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Elections, domestic violence

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke unveiled a plan on Friday to classify white supremacist violence as an organized crime problem and to create federal domestic terrorism offices, in a bid to combat hate crimes and gun violence in the United States.

O’Rourke hits the campaign trail again after nearly two weeks in his home city of El Paso, Texas, where a white gunman targeting Hispanics killed 22 people in a Walmart store on Aug. 3.

The former congressman unveiled his plan to fight hate crimes and gun violence the day...

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-orourke/democrat-orourke-proposes-domestic-terrorism-agencies-to-combat-hate-gun-massacres-idUSKCN1V610B

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