Beto O'Rourke: “In 1927, and you perhaps have studied this, he [Nixon] wins…”

“And Nixon responds, I know you can't, but I've got to try. He takes his case to the local district court, loses it immediately, appeals it all the way to the United States supreme court. And In 1927, and you perhaps have studied this, he [Nixon] wins this signal voting rights victory before the highest court in the land, Nixon versus Herndon. He is now able to Vote only to have the Texas legislature convene an emergency session, rewrite the election code to circumvent this recent Supreme Court hearing, and once again disenfranchised Nixon and hundreds of thousands of other Texans.” (06:22–06:34)

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