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WATCH: Beto Repeats Unsubstantiated Claim About AR-15s In Order To Promote Gun Confiscation

Molly Prince
WATCH: Beto Repeats Unsubstantiated Claim About AR-15s In Order To Promote Gun Confiscation
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Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) repeated an unsubstantiated claim on Friday while trying to promote a nationwide government-run gun confiscation program for so-called “assault weapons.”

“By working with Congress and listening to the American people, who I believe form a majority on this issue, buying back AR-15s and AK-47s, we’re going to change the law so that it will no longer be legal to hold one of these,” O’Rourke told MSNBC host Willie Geist.

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