On campuses, O'Rourke takes rather than gives advice

[TexasTowelie]

NEW LONDON, N.H. (AP) — It's going to be a busy weekend for college commencements in New Hampshire, but Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke said Friday he would rather take advice from graduates than dole it out.

The former Texas congressman's visit to Colby-Sawyer College on Friday was his 32nd appearance on a college campus in the last seven weeks, and he planned to hit Dartmouth College later in the day.

At the first stop, he was questioned by a Colby-Sawyer senior who worked with refugees in Greece last summer and is graduating Saturday. O'Rourke told her he would not just reverse the Trump administration's elimination of aid to the "Northern Triangle" countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, but would also double it to $1 billion.

"President Trump wants to zero that out as punishment to them knowing — well, I shouldn't assume anything on his part — but that will not make it better. That will exacerbate the problem. There will be more coming north if he does that," he said.

Read more: https://www.mrt.com/news/texas/article/On-campuses-O-Rourke-takes-rather-than-gives-13836112.php
(Midland Reporter-Telegram)

[dalton99a]

1. Increasing aid to the "Mexican" countries is a must.