I went down there a lot because the reason Democrats lost support in South Texas and among Hispanic voters across the state is because we took them for granted. We assumed [Hispanic voters] were part of our base and we stopped showing up, we stopped competing for their votes. I, I was told by my state representative that I grew up with, when he was teaching me about campaigning, he said, you always have to ask for people's votes. (23:12–23:20)
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Asserts that Democrats assumed Hispanic voters were part of their base and stopped competing for their votes.
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