Beto O'Rourke: “We saw what happened when Democrats took places like the Rio…”

“I think persuasion is in order as well, and I don't know that you can do it at a distance through technology or money. I think you have to be in the 254 counties of Texas, reaching out to people everywhere. We saw what happened when Democrats took places like the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas for granted. It had voted overwhelmingly for, for Democrats for the last hundred, 150 years. And as we saw in 2020, then 2022, and certainly in 2024, there was a big shift that moved over to Republicans in Donald Trump.” (18:45–18:57)

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