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Beto O'Rourke: “When I ran for governor in 22, 9 million registered Texans…”

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

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Can Democrats Actually Win in Texas? | The David Frum Show

Published | Video Starts at 17:56

And then it's important that we not just register them, we stay in touch with them, because we don't really have so much a registration problem as we have a turnout problem. When I ran for governor in 22, 9 million registered Texans didn't count. Cast a Ballot. A lot of them were these young people, very often first in their families to be registered to vote, who are intimidated by the, you know, voter suppression, voter intimidation regime that we have in Texas. (17:56)

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Asserts that 9 million registered Texans did not vote in the 2022 gubernatorial election.

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