Beto O'Rourke: “California, Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland, New York, where…”

“But I hope that they will continue to do that work. The longer they stay out, the better but there are other tracks we can run in parallel. California, Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland, New York, where Democrats govern. They can redraw their congressional districts to Democratic advantage. Fight fire with fire, seize the initiative, not wait for these guys to strike first. We need to be doing that as well as organizing everywhere. I mean, here in Texas.” (05:17–05:27)

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