Beto O'Rourke: “When we had a major winter freeze and a power grid failure…”

“S. Senate when I ran against him, shutting down the government, failing to deliver for the state, but not too many years after I ran against him, When we had a major winter freeze and a power grid failure in the state of Texas, what does Ted Cruz do? He goes to Cancun, stays at the Ritz Carlton with his family, while literally hundreds of his fellow Texans freeze to death in the energy capital of the world. but a place that, through its government, somehow cannot keep the lights on or the power running or the heat flowing to people who desperately need it to stay alive.” (13:38–13:56)

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