Beto O'Rourke: “If you think about it, our impact on the state economy is…”

“Or even San Antonio. No, they can come from Brownsville and McAllen and Harlingen and Donna and El Paso and Eagle Pass and Del Rio. I mean, If you think about it, our impact on the state economy is greater than almost any other part of the state. I don't know how many tens of billions of trade dollars flow through your ports of entry, but in El Paso, it is a significant part of the Texas economy that supports tens of thousands of jobs, if not hundreds of thousands of jobs all across the rest of the state. So given our positive impact on this state, we should also have a significant say in how this state is run.” (34:13–34:38)

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