Beto O'Rourke: “No courts are going to ride to the rescue.”

“Think of California or New Jersey or New York or Illinois and redraw districts now, don't wait for them to punch first. But we punch first and we punch harder, realizing there are no refs in this game anymore, No courts are going to ride to the rescue. This is just an all out bare knuckle brawl and we've got to win it and be ruthlessly focused on it.” (01:00–01:03)

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