Beto O'Rourke: “The governor has commenced a special session where they are…”

“Country clearly has never been through anything like this. The center of the trouble that we face in America, we really find in Texas, where, as you know, today The governor has commenced a special session where they are planning to redraw up to five congressional districts to help the President maintain his purchase on power in the House of Representatives. I'm holding town hall meetings. I'm registering people to vote. I'm traveling outside of Texas to preach the gospel of Texas and try to build support and reserves for the fight that we have back home.” (00:25–00:37)

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