John Thune: “Texas is expensive. There are 20 media markets down there.”

“I don't know how Sherrod Brown, he's so far left to where Ohio is, you know, these days. And Houston is just a really solid good guy with a great message and I think he wins. Texas is expensive. There are 20 media markets down there. Hugh. And so, you know, we need help there. We need Maggie Inc. And everybody else engaged. But we can't afford to lose Texas.” (09:54–09:57)

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