Democrat Beto O'Rourke makes first NH visit at Keene State College Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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IMMIGRATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE TO THE OPIOID CRISIS. >> HOW IS EVERYBODY FEELING TONIGHT? CHERIS KEENE STATE COLLEGE THE FIRST STOP ON WHAT BETO O’ROURKE IS CALLING A TWO DAY GRASSROOTS ROAD TRIP WITH PLANS TO STOP IN ALL 10 COUNTIES. THE FORMER CONGRESSMAN FROM TEXAS TOUCHED ON TOPICS FROM IMMIGRATION, TO HEALTHCARE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. >> NOT ONLY IT CAUSED BY EXCESSES AND IN ACTION, BUT IT IS TAKING THE LIVES OF OUR FELLOW AMERICANS AND THEIR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS ALL OVER THE WORLD RIGHT NOW AS WE STAND TOGETHER HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. CHERISE: HE GREETED VOTERS AND THEN FIELDED QUESTIONS FROM PRESS. WE ASKED HIM ABOUT EXPANDING GROWTH AND INDUSTRY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. >> I HEAR A LOT OF ANXIETY AND NEW HAMPSHIRE ABOUT PROPOSED CUTS TO THE PORTSMOUTH NAVY YARD AND THE JOBS THAT ARE LOCATED THERE. SO, WE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITIES, INVESTING IN THE WORKERS WHO HAVE BUILT THIS COUNTRY’S STRENGTH AND SUCCESS IN THE FIRST PLACE. CHERISE: O’ROURKE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE OPIOID CRISIS. HE SAID HE SPOKE TO CONGRESSWOMAN ANNIE KUSTER ABOUT THE EPIDEMIC AND BELIEVES PART OF THE SOLUTION STARTS AT THE TOP. >> WE TALKED ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE VAST MAJORITY EVERYONE WHO OVERDOSES ON OPIOIDS FIRST BEGAN WITH A LEGAL PRESCRIBED MEDICATION. CHERIS O’ROURKE’S VISIT CONTINUES TOMOR

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