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Beto O'Rourke: “They changed the voting laws to make Texas, bar none, the…”

Featuring: Beto O'Rourke, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Texas

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We saw Lizzie panel Fletcher do it in the south, and then In Houston, Texas, 17 black women won election to judicial positions. Major it was so transformative that when the legislature met in 2019 and then again in 2021, They changed the voting laws to make Texas, bar none, the toughest state in the nation in which to register to vote and in which to cast a ballot. And those voter restrictions are targeted at those who are most likely to vote for Democrats. It doesn't. It doesn't explain everything. (04:14–04:22)

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