Beto O'Rourke: “In my home state of Texas, from 1923 to 1944, you had the…”

“You had literacy tests, you had black voters challenged to count the number of jelly beans in a jar before the that were allowed to register to vote. And In my home state of Texas, from 1923 to 1944, you had the all white primary, where in black and white, in state statute, it said, if you're black, you will not be able to vote in Texas. So it's important to know that we have been here before and it's just as important to know that we have overcome this through Supreme Court victories like Smith vs Allwright, which in 44 ended the all white primary in Texas.” (29:38–29:52)

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