Beto O'Rourke: “He literally ordered Greg Abbott and Texas Republicans there…”

“Along this trajectory, there is no way he's able to hold onto power in the House of Representatives. His Republicans have a very slim majority. So he's got to rig the game before the elections are called in 2026. He literally ordered Greg Abbott and Texas Republicans there find me five new Republican seats. In order to do that, those Republicans go behind closed doors, they take a map of Texas and they start carving up the congressional districts to find out how the …” (29:16–29:22)

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