Beto O'Rourke: “We essentially said, look, if you're black, if you're brown…”

“Two big things, both on my side of the aisle. One, we got lazy. And not everyone. And I can name hundreds of Democrats who do the work the right way. But as a party, We essentially said, look, if you're black, if you're brown, your vote is already in the bank. You've been voting for us for decades, for generations. Your great grandparents, your grandparents, you're gonna vote for us, too. I don't need to show up to the Rio Grande Valley, which is very hard to get to.” (25:58–26:05)

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