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Mary Gonzalez: “The reason only 6,000 people vote is not a short term…”

Featuring: Mary Gonzalez, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 75

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Political Wellness Episode 1 - What is Happening in Texas w Rep. Mary González.

Published | Video Starts at 25:17

And I just want people to think long term about all the issues are working on. Because I will say, say this like The reason only 6,000 people vote is not a short term reality. It was decades of disempowerment, disenfranchisement. all these things. So we are going to have to take decades to reverse what has happened over time, right? Absolutely, absolutely. So I know I was only supposed to keep you until 10:30, so. (25:17–25:26)

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Asserts that low voter turnout is due to decades of disempowerment and disenfranchisement.

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