Beto O'Rourke: “The Texas Senate race is by definition a national race.”

“It allowed him to introduce himself not just to the voters in Texas, who are the most important constituency in this, but also to the rest of the country. The Texas Senate race is by definition a national race. If Talarico wins this in November, he could very well be the 51st vote in the United States Senate. So the position that he's in right now, I don't know, could be any better.” (10:20–10:25)

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