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 >> THE GLORY OF TEXAS IS IN THE   
 SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE.             

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 THEIR DETERMINATION TO BE FREE.   
 THEIR WILL TO ADVANCE.            

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 THEIR VIEWS WHICH LOOK FORWARD    
 AND NOT BACKWARD.                 

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 >> TODAY WE HAVE A VISION OF A    
 TEXAS WHERE OPPORTUNITY KNOWS NO 

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 RACE, NO GENDER, NO COLOR.        
 NOW TOMORROW, WE HAVE TO BUILD    

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 THAT TEXAS.                       

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 >> OUR DIVERSITY GIVES TEXAS NEW 
 LIFE, NEW ENERGY, NEW BLOOD, WE   

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 SHOULD NOT FEAR IT BUT WELCOME    
 IT.                               

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 >> ALL CANDIDATES ARE FURTHER TO 
 THE RIGHT.                        

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 >> REPUBLICANS IN TEXAS ARE       
 LURCHING FURTHER AND FURTHER TO   

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 THE RIGHT.                        

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 >> TEXAS HAS BEEN FORCED TO TAKE 
 THE LEAD ROLE IN FIGHTING BACK    

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 AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.       

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 >> HUMAN LIFE IS A GIFT FROM      
 GOD.                              

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 >> TEXAS LAW TRIGGERS WHEN THE    
 UNBORN CHILD HAS A HEARTBEAT.     

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 >> THERE IS A REASON TO CRACK     
 DOWN ON MAIL-IN BALLOT FRAUD.     

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 >> ELECTION INTEGRITY IS NOW      
 LAW.                              

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 >> TEXAS SEEMS TO HAVE PUT        
 ITSELF SCARILY IN THE             

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 ITSELF SCARILY INE LY SQUARELY F 
 NATIONAL CONTROVERSY.             

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 >> WE ARE MORE RESISTANT THAN     
 EVER.                             

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 WE HAVE VOTING RIGHTS IN THIS     
 NATION.                           

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 >> IMMIGRATION ADVOCATES ARE      
 FIGHTING BACK AGAINST             

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 ANTI-IMMIGRATION POLICY.          

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 >> MY RIGHT!                      

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 >> THOUSANDS OF WOMEN ARE         
 PROTESTING TEXAS' RESTRICTIVE     

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 ANTI-ABORTION LAW.                

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 >> TEXAS HAS TURNED THE CLOCK     
 BACK 50 YEARS.                    

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 THE SUPREME COURT ALLOWED THEM    
 TO GET AWAY WITH IT.              

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 >> IT'S NOT JUST HAPPENING IN     
 TEXAS, IT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE 

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 COUNTRY.                          

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 >> WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN       
 RIGHTS!                           

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 >> YOU'RE ON THE LEFT, YOU'RE ON 
 THE RIGHT, KEEP YOUR EYES ON      

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 TEXAS.                            
                                  

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 >> HEY, Y'ALL.                    

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 >> OH, MY GOD, Y'ALL.             

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 >> BIG TEXAS-SIZED HELLO TO ALL   
 OF Y'ALL.                         

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 >> LITERALLY FALLING OFF THE      
 BONE.                             

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 >> WHERE ARE YOU?                 

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 >> I'M AT BLACK'S BARBECUE IN     
 LOCKHART, TEXAS.                  

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 THE O.G. OF ALL TIME OF           
 BARBECUE.                         

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 >> WOW.                           

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 >> IT'S MECCA.                    

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 >> LOOK AT YOUR PHONES NOW AND    
 LOOK AT MY BREAKFAST.             

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 >> SHUT THE FUCK UP.              

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 >> THIS IS MY DRONE SHOT OF THE   
 TABLE.                            

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 >> HOLY SHIT, JOHN.               
 ARE YOU IN "GAME OF THRONES"      

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 MEXICO?                           

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 >> I WAS LIKE GIVE ME THE USUAL. 

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 >> GUYS -- ALL FOUR OF US ARE IN 
 DIFFERENT CORNERS OF THIS STATE. 

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 THE POLARIZATION WE SEE IN        
 NATIONAL POLITICS IS JUST HERE    

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 TO THE ENth TO THE ENTH LIKE ON   
            STEROIDS.               

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 >> IT'S REALLY SAD TO SEE.        
 I WAS HERE DURING AN ERA WHERE    

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 PEOPLE DID WORK ACROSS PARTY      
 LINES.                            

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 GEORGE W. BUSH WAS GOVERNOR WHEN 
 THERE WAS A STRONG LIEUTENANT     

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 GOVERNOR, THEY GOT SO MUCH DONE   
 TOGETHER, THEY DIDN'T CARE WHO    

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 GOT THE CREDIT.                   
 TODAY YOU'RE ON ONE SIDE OR THE   

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 OTHER.                            
 TO BE A SQUISH LIKE ME THESE      

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 DAYS, REPUBLICANS SEE ME COMING, 
 THEY DO THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.    

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 AWAY, SATIN. AWAY, SA             

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 AWAY AWAY, SATAN.                 

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 >> IT'S NOT JUST A COINCIDENCE    
 THAT THE POPULATION OF TEXAS HAS 

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 EXPLODED IN THE LAST DECADE,      
 AND9                              

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 ANAND                             
 90% OF THAT GROWTH IS OF PEOPLE   

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 OF COLOR AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC      
 CHANGE IS TERRIFYING TO A LOT OF 

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 PEOPLE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.   
 THEY USED THAT CHANGE TO DRAG     

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 THE PARTY FURTHER TO THE RIGHT    
 AND PURSUE POLICIES THAT          

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 SPECIFICALLY TARGET THE PEOPLE    
 OF COLOR WHO HAVE COME TO THIS    

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 STATE.                            

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 >> TOTALLY.                       
 AND WHAT'S AMAZING IS HOW MANY    

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 OF THE HOTTEST HOT BUTTON ISSUES 
 IN OUR POLITICS ARE NOT JUST      

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 PRESENT HERE, BUT ARE ON FIRE     
 HERE.                             

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 AND ONE OF THEM IS ABORTION       
 RIGHTS.                           

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 >> YEAH.                          
 THERE'S THIS TEXAS LAW THAT WAS   

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 PASSED HERE IN THE LEGISLATURE    
 AND IT PREVENTS A WOMAN FROM      

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 GETTING AN ABORTION ONCE A        
 SONOGRAM CAN DETECT CARDIAC       

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 ACTIVITY.                         
 THAT'S USUALLY AROUND FIVE OR     

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 SIX WEEKS INTO A PREGNANCY,       
 WHICH IS BEFORE MOST WOMEN EVEN   

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 KNOW THEY'RE PREGNANT.            
 WHAT'S PARTICULARLY INGENIOUS OR 

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 NEFARIOUS ABOUT THE LAW IS THE    
 ENFORCEMENT OF THE FETAL          

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 HEARTBEAT LAW IS NOT AT THE       
 HANDS OF THE STATE BUT AT THE     

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 HANDS OF CITIZENS WHO WILL BE     
 ALLOWED TO SUE ANYBODY INVOLVED   

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 IN AN ABORTION PROCEDURE.         

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 >> THE TEXAS LAW AND THE WAY      
 IT'S STRUCTURED IS LIKE WAY       

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 BEYOND WORSE BEYOND WORST-CASE    
 SCENARIO.                         

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 A BIG MAJORITY OF AMERICA         
 DOESN'T WANT ROE V. WADE          

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 OVERTURNED, BUT A BIG MAJORITY    
 OF AMERICA DOESN'T UNDERSTAND     

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 THAT IN TEXAS IT ALREADY          
 HAPPENED.                         

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 >> ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT GOT       
 ATTENTION WAS THE VOTING RIGHTS   

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 LEGISLATION.                      

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 >> YEAH.                          

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 >> HERE'S WHAT S.B. 1, IN TERMS   
 OF RESTRICTIONS.                  

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 IT BANS DRIVE-THROUGH VOTING AND 
 OVERNIGHT VOTING.                 

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 IT ADDS VOTER I.D. REQUIREMENTS   
 FOR ABSENTEE VOTING, GENERALLY    

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 THOSE KINDS OF REQUIREMENTS DO    
 AND ARE GEARED TO HURT VOTERS OF 

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 COLOR.                            
 THIS "VOTER INTEGRITY" EFFORTS    

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 THAT ARE REALLY VOTER             
 SUPPRESSION EFFORTS CALLED BY     

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 ANOTHER NAME.                     
 THIS IS ALL MOTIVATED AND         

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 BROUGHT TO YOU BY DONALD TRUMP    
 AND PER PETRATION OF              

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 AND PER PETRATIOPETUATION OF TH. 

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 >> MOST STATES IN THE COUNTRY     
 DON'T HAVE A BORDER WITH MEXICO. 

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 TEXAS HAS A LARGE BORDER WITH     
 MEXICO.                           

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 IT'S A REALITY THAT THE NUMBER    
 OF MIGRANTS WHO ARE GETTING       

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 STOPPED TRYING TO CROSS THE       
 BORDER HIT A 21-YEAR HIGH THIS    

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 SUMMER.                           

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 >> YEAH.                          
 IMMIGRATION IS A GREAT EXAMPLE    

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 HOW MUCH REPUBLICAN POLITICS      
 HAVE CHANGED.                     

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 PART OF GEORGIA W. BUSH'S         
 COMPASSIONATE POLICY INCLUDED     

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 IMMIGRANTS.                       
 FLASH FORWARD TO DONALD TRUMP     

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 COMING DOWN THE ESCALATOR         
 TALKING ABOUT MEXICAN RAPISTS     

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 COMING ACROSS THE BORDER, THAT    
 SHOWS HOW MUCH THE DYNAMIC HAS    

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 CHANGED.                          

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 >> THE SONG I LOVE ABOUT THIS     
 STATE IS DEEP IN THE HEART OF     

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 TEXAS.                            
 THAT'S WHERE WE ALL FOUR ARE,     

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 DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS, BUT   
 IT'S GOING TO BE A DEEP,          

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 TWISTED, SAVAGE JOURNEY.          

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 >> BLACK HEARTS, A BURNED OUT     
 HOLE.                             

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 >> I LIVED HERE ALMOST 40 YEARS, 
 I LOVE ALL OF IT.                 

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 BUT I'M SINGING THE LONE STAR     
 BLUES.                            

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 >> MATTHEW DOWD WHO WAS A         
 STRATEGIST FOR FORMER PRESIDENT   

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 GEORGE W. BUSH ANNOUNCED HIS BID 
 TO RUN AGAINST DAN PATRICK.       

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 >> THE CRUELTY OF THE GOP.        

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 >> HE'S TAKING ON TEXAS           
 REPUBLICANS AND THE CURRENT       

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 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.              

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 >> WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO SEE        
 MATTHEW DOWD, FORMER BUSH         

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 STRATEGIST, CABLE PUNDIT, NOW     
 CANDIDATE FOR LIEUTENANT          

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 GOVERNOR, RUNNING AS A DEMOCRAT. 
 PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT MATTHEW 

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 DOWD AND PEOPLE LOOK AT TEXAS     
 AND SAY THINGS ARE FUCKED UP      

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 NOW, NOW THIS GUY IS A NATIONAL   
 PROFILE IS RUNNING FOR            

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 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.              
 I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN A      

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 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR RACE IN THE   
 COUNTRY THAT HAS BEEN A COUNTRY   

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 RACE.                             
 THIS MIGHT BE THAT.               

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 >> IS THE LEADERSHIP TODAY WHO    
 WE ARE?                           

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 IS THE SOUL OF TEXAS BEING        
 REFLECTED IN AUSTIN BY DAN        

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 PATRICK AND GREG ABBOTT?          

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 >> NO.                            

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 >> THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO   
 IS REPUT IN THE OFFICE THE        

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 VALUES WE WERE ALL RAISED ON AS   
 CHILDREN.                         

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 NK THE NK                         

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 >> THE FIRST TIME I CAME AND MET 
 GEORGE W. BUSH WAS IN 1994.       

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 THERE WAS A PARK WITH KIDS        
 PLAYING SOCCER.                   

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 HALF OF THEM WERE NOT AMERICAN.   
 GEORGE W. BUSH WENT AROUND,       

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 SPOKE SPANISH, AND HE WON THE     
 GOVERNORSHIP.                     

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 THAT IS WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN       
 1990.                             

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 SO MUCH CHANGED IN THE LAST 20    
 YEARS.                            

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 WHAT HAPPENED?                    

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 >> WHEN YOU LOSE POLITICAL        
 POWER, WHAT IT TENDS TO BREED IS 

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 DECAY, CORRUPTION OR              
 INCOMPETENCE.                     

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 BECAUSE THAT HAS NOW TAKEN HOLD, 
 WE'RE DIMINISHED TO THE WORST     

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 POSSIBLE OF THE WORST.            
 REPUBLICANS DON'T FEEL LIKE       

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 THEY'LL LOSE IN A GENERAL         
 ELECTION.                         

158
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 THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT TALKING TO 
 GENERAL ELECTION VOTERS.          

159
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 GEORGE BUSH KNEW HE HAD TO TALK   
 TO GENERAL ELECTION VOTERS AND    

160
00:09:56,262 --> 00:09:57,897
 WENT OVER TO SWING VOTERS.        
 THAT'S GONE.                      

161
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 >> YOU WOULD AGREE WITH ME,       
 RIGHT NOW, IF GREG ABBOTT GOT     

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 RUN OVER BY A BUS AND WE HAD AN   
 OPEN PRIMARY, AND GEORGE BUSH -- 

163
00:10:08,608 --> 00:10:10,276
 >> HE WOULDN'T GET 20% OF THE     
 VOTE.                             

164
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 HE WOULD GET CRUSHED.             

165
00:10:13,312 --> 00:10:16,582
 >> GOVERNOR ABBOTT AND THE        
 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, I HEARD YOU 

166
00:10:16,682 --> 00:10:19,785
 CRITICIZE THEM IN THE NATIONAL    
 MEDIA, WHAT'S YOUR ARGUMENT FOR   

167
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 WHY THEY ARE UNIQUELY TERRIBLE?   

168
00:10:23,823 --> 00:10:25,024
 >> THEY'VE BEEN POPULAR UNTIL     
 NOW.                              

169
00:10:25,124 --> 00:10:26,225
 >> YEAH.                          

170
00:10:26,425 --> 00:10:29,729
 >> THEY HAVE TAKEN THAT AND THEY 
 DON'T CARE WHAT THEY'RE DOING,    

171
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 THE MAJORITY OF TEXANS DESPISE    
 IT.                               

172
00:10:32,798 --> 00:10:36,002
 THEY DON'T CARE WHO THEY HARM IN 
 THE PROCESS, WHETHER IT'S THEIR   

173
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 REACTION TO COVID, THE REACTION   
 TO THE ELECTRIC GRID FAILURE,     

174
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 THE ROLLOVER OF CHOICE AND VOTER 
 RIGHTS, THEY DON'T CARE           

175
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 >> I HAVE BEEN HEARING TEXAS      
 WILL GO BLUE FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE   

176
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 OF POLITICS.                      
 ALL THOSE HISPANIC VOTERS.        

177
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 ALL OF THESE HISPANIC VOTERS      
 HAVE BEEN POURING IN HERE FOR     

178
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 YEARS, THE STATE KEEPS GETTING    
 READER                            

179
00:11:03,829 --> 00:11:04,764
 REDDER AND REDDER.                

180
00:11:04,864 --> 00:11:07,366
 >> I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S GETTING    
 REDDER AND REDDER.                

181
00:11:07,466 --> 00:11:11,971
 >> THE GOVERNOR KEEPS ON          
 WINNING.                          

182
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 >> AT WHAT POINT DO THEY PUSH     
 SUCH AWFUL POLICIES AND TREAT     

183
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 THE ELECTORATE WITH SUCH CRUELTY 
 THAT IT CATCHES UP TO THEM IN A   

184
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 GENERAL ELECTION.                 
 THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS    

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 I'M RUNNING IS SO IT CATCHES UP   
 TO THEM SOONER RATHER THAN        

186
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 LATER.                            

187
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 >> YOU LIVED HERE FOR 30 YEARS?   

188
00:11:34,593 --> 00:11:35,227
 >> 38 YEARS.                      

189
00:11:35,795 --> 00:11:43,102
 >> DO YOU SENSE THERE'S A         
 PALATABLE AWARENESS OF HOW BAD    

190
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 SHIT HAS BEEN HERE THE LAST       
 YEAR?                             

191
00:11:45,738 --> 00:11:52,978
 >> I TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE,     
 INCLUDING DISAFFECTED             

192
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 VOTERS, DEMOCRATS AND             
 REPUBLICANS, REPUBLICANS WHO      

193
00:11:58,984 --> 00:12:00,086
 THINK THEY CAN                    
 FIX THE PARTY BUT DON'T LIKE      

194
00:12:00,186 --> 00:12:01,387
 WHAT'S HAPPENING, I TALK TO       
 INDEPENDENTS AND ALL OF THEM.     

195
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 MOST CONSISTENT WAY THEY SAY IT   
 IS I LOVE MY STATE, I'M PROUD OF 

196
00:12:02,521 --> 00:12:03,556
 MY STATE, BUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING 
 IS EMBARRASSING.                  

197
00:12:03,656 --> 00:12:05,091
 DEMOCRATS MAY SAY IT IN A         
 SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY.           

198
00:12:05,191 --> 00:12:06,292
 REPUBLICANS WHO ARE DISAFFECTED   
 SAY THE SAME THING, THIS IS       

199
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 EMBARRASSING.                     
                                  

200
00:12:11,030 --> 00:12:11,263
                                  

201
00:12:12,231 --> 00:12:20,039
 >> THE SUPREME COURT HAS ALLOWED 
 A NEW TECHS LAWSUIT, IT           

202
00:12:20,139 --> 00:12:21,707
 RESTRICTS ABORTIONS TO GO INTO    
 EFFECT.                           

203
00:12:21,807 --> 00:12:23,375
 >> EVEN THOUGH IT VIOLATES THE    
 ROE V. WADE WARNING THAT WENT     

204
00:12:23,476 --> 00:12:24,510
 INTO EFFECT NATIONWIDE.           

205
00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:25,845
 >> THE STATES ARE COPYING THE     
 LANGUAGE IN THAT LEGISLATION.     

206
00:12:25,945 --> 00:12:29,715
 >> IT COULD AFFECT MILLIONS OF    
 WOMEN ALL ACROSS THE UNITED       

207
00:12:29,815 --> 00:12:30,449
 STATES.                           

208
00:12:31,050 --> 00:12:33,953
 >> WE'RE AT A PLANNED PARENTHOOD 
 CLINIC, WHICH IS ONE OF A         

209
00:12:34,053 --> 00:12:36,288
 HANDFUL OF CLINICS                
 THAT REMAIN IN THE STATE OF       

210
00:12:36,388 --> 00:12:38,924
 TEXAS.                            
 PLACES THAT ONCE USED TO BE BUSY 

211
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 ARE LARGELY EMPTY BECAUSE 85% TO 
 90% OF THE ABORTIONS THAT WOULD   

212
00:12:43,028 --> 00:12:44,897
 HAVE ONCE TAKEN PLACE IN THE      
 STATE OF TEXAS ARE NOW BANNED     

213
00:12:44,997 --> 00:12:56,776
 BECAUSE OF S.B. 8.                
 THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE DEMAND FOR 

214
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 THINGS LIKE ABORTION HAVE         
 DIMINISHED.                       

215
00:13:01,247 --> 00:13:05,718
 >> THIS IS OUR LAB WHERE WE DO    
 BLOOD DRAWS, WEIGH PATIENTS, DO   

216
00:13:05,818 --> 00:13:06,919
 ANY LAB WORK THAT MAY BE          
 NECESSARY FOR THEM.               

217
00:13:07,019 --> 00:13:08,621
 THIS IS ONE OF OUR EXAM ROOMS     
 WHERE WE DO OUR PATIENT'S         

218
00:13:08,721 --> 00:13:10,923
 ULTRASOUND TO DETERMINE HOW FAR   
 THEY ARE ALONG IN THE PREGNANCY. 

219
00:13:11,023 --> 00:13:11,557
 WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE. 

220
00:13:11,657 --> 00:13:13,859
 >> THAT'S A BIG ROOM.             

221
00:13:13,959 --> 00:13:15,528
 >> IT'S A BIG ROOM.               
 THERE'S A LOT THAT HAPPENS IN     

222
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 THAT ROOM.                        
 IT'S AN EMOTIONAL ROOM.           

223
00:13:23,035 --> 00:13:26,906
                                 

224
00:13:27,006 --> 00:13:31,510
 >> WHAT WAS DEMAND LIKE BEFORE    
 S.B. 8?                           

225
00:13:31,610 --> 00:13:38,584
 >> BEFORE, I MIGHT IN A DAY OF    
 DOING CONSULCONSULTATIONS, I MI   

226
00:13:38,684 --> 00:13:40,753
 SCHEDULE 45 PATIENTS.             
 NOW I'M SCHEDULING 15.            

227
00:13:40,853 --> 00:13:41,120
 >> WOW.                           

228
00:13:41,220 --> 00:13:42,354
 >> YEAH.                          

229
00:13:42,454 --> 00:13:45,424
 >> IT WASN'T EASY TO ACCESS       
 ABORTION SERVICES IN TEXAS EVEN   

230
00:13:45,524 --> 00:13:46,659
 BEFORE S.B. 8.                    

231
00:13:46,759 --> 00:13:50,262
 >> I'VE BEEN IN TEXAS EIGHT       
 YEARS, IT'S NEVER BEEN EASY TO    

232
00:13:50,362 --> 00:13:52,631
 HAVE AN ABORTION HERE.            
 THERE'S THE 24-HOUR WAITING       

233
00:13:52,731 --> 00:13:55,734
 PERIOD.                           
 THE RULES ON WHO CAN DO AN        

234
00:13:55,835 --> 00:13:58,337
 ULTRASOUND.                       
 IT HAS TO BE DONE BY THE SAME     

235
00:13:58,437 --> 00:14:00,339
 PHYSICIAN WHO IS DOING YOUR       
 ABORTION.                         

236
00:14:00,439 --> 00:14:04,410
 IF YOU CAN'T COME BACK ON A DAY   
 THAT THAT PHYSICIAN IS THERE,     

237
00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:09,014
 YOU SEE ANOTHER PHYSICIAN, YOU    
 HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER ULTULTRASO, 

238
00:14:09,114 --> 00:14:11,317
 YOUR 24-HOUR WAITING PERIOD       
 BEGINS ALL OVER AGAIN.            

239
00:14:11,417 --> 00:14:15,221
 >> I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE   
 THAT ALL THOSE PROVISIONS STILL   

240
00:14:15,321 --> 00:14:18,390
 APPLY, NOW YOU HAVE TO MEET ALL   
 OF THEM AFTER YOU REALIZE YOU'RE 

241
00:14:18,490 --> 00:14:21,594
 PREGNANT AND BEFORE A HEARTBEAT   
 SHOWS UP ON THE ULTRASOUND?       

242
00:14:21,694 --> 00:14:23,529
 >> YEAH.                          
 IT'S BURDEN ON TOP OF BURDEN.     

243
00:14:23,629 --> 00:14:26,365
 THAT IMPACTS THE MOST VULNERABLE 
 PEOPLE.                           

244
00:14:26,465 --> 00:14:29,735
 IT'S WOMEN OF COLOR, PEOPLE WHO   
 ARE UNDEREMPLOYED, WHO DON'T      

245
00:14:29,835 --> 00:14:32,738
 HAVE ACCESS TO MONEY, ADEQUATE    
 TIME OFF.                         

246
00:14:32,838 --> 00:14:36,609
 >> DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE EARLY    
 CONVERSATIONS WHERE YOU HAD TO    

247
00:14:36,709 --> 00:14:40,579
 TELL PATIENTS YOU NO LONGER CAN   
 HAVE AN ABORTION BECAUSE OF A     

248
00:14:40,679 --> 00:14:45,284
 NEW LAW THAT JUST PASSED THE      
 TEXAS LUJ                         

249
00:14:45,384 --> 00:14:47,152
 TEXAS LEGISLATURE THAT WAS        
 UPHELD EFFECTIVELY BY THE         

250
00:14:47,253 --> 00:14:47,987
 SUPREME COURT?                    

251
00:14:48,087 --> 00:14:49,588
 >> YEAH.                          
 THE FIRST PATIENT WHO I SAW       

252
00:14:49,688 --> 00:14:54,026
 AFTER THE LAW WENT INTO EFFECT,   
 WHEN I TOLD HER WE COULD SEE      

253
00:14:54,126 --> 00:14:57,229
 CARDIAC ACTIVITY, SHE CURLED UP   
 INTO A BALL ON THE TABLE AND      

254
00:14:57,329 --> 00:15:04,603
 JUST STARTED SOBBING.             
                                  

255
00:15:04,703 --> 00:15:06,705
                                  
 AND SHE ASKED IF SHE COULD HOLD   

256
00:15:06,805 --> 00:15:08,240
 MY HAND.                          

257
00:15:08,340 --> 00:15:09,208
 >> YEAH.                          

258
00:15:09,508 --> 00:15:11,610
 >> AND THAT WAS ALL I COULD DO    
 FOR HER IN THAT MOMENT.           

259
00:15:11,710 --> 00:15:13,812
 >> DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HER       
 STORY WAS?                        

260
00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:19,919
 >> YOU KNOW, SHE WAS A COLLEGE    
 STUDENT, HAD A BIRTH CONTROL      

261
00:15:20,019 --> 00:15:23,088
 FAILURE.                          
 YOU KNOW, SHE WAS A PERSON WHO    

262
00:15:23,188 --> 00:15:26,792
 WASN'T IN A SITUATION WHERE SHE   
 COULD BE PREGNANT.                

263
00:15:26,892 --> 00:15:30,562
 WOMEN IN TEXAS HAVE BEEN          
 PUNISHED LEGISLATIVE SESSION      

264
00:15:30,663 --> 00:15:33,098
 AFTER LEGISLATIVE SESSION.        
 THESE ARE PEOPLE YOU KNOW WHO     

265
00:15:33,198 --> 00:15:41,540
 ARE GETTING TURNED AWAY.          
 AND THIS COULD BE YOU NEXT.       

266
00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:47,212
                                 

267
00:15:47,313 --> 00:15:52,217
 >> LINES OF MIGRANTS ON TEXAS     
 TRAILS, A SIGN AMERICA'S          

268
00:15:52,318 --> 00:15:53,686
 IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IS             
 OVERWHELMED.                      

269
00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:56,655
 >> GOVERNOR ABBOTT ISSUING A      
 DISASTER DECLARATION AT THE       

270
00:15:56,755 --> 00:15:57,556
 SOUTHERN BORDER.                  

271
00:15:57,656 --> 00:15:59,992
 >> WHAT ABBOTT CALLS OPERATION    
 LONE STAR.                        

272
00:16:00,092 --> 00:16:03,395
 >> THAT DEPLOYED ABOUT 1,000      
 STATE TROOPERS TO THE SOUTHERN    

273
00:16:03,495 --> 00:16:04,263
 BORDER.                           

274
00:16:04,463 --> 00:16:06,732
 >> ROUGHLY 1,000 BORDER ARRESTS   
 PER MONTH.                        

275
00:16:06,832 --> 00:16:09,435
 >> ABBOTT BLAMES THE WHITE HOUSE 
 FOR THE MIGRANT CRISIS.           

276
00:16:09,535 --> 00:16:12,871
 >> THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE IS READY 
 TO TAKE THE SITUATION INTO HIS    

277
00:16:12,972 --> 00:16:14,106
 OWN HANDS.                        

278
00:16:14,206 --> 00:16:17,276
 >> WE'RE ON THE SOUTH TEXAS       
 BORDER WHERE GOVERNOR ABBOTT IS   

279
00:16:17,376 --> 00:16:20,579
 HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE.       
 HE'S BEING JOINED BY NINE OTHER   

280
00:16:20,679 --> 00:16:23,248
 REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ACROSS THE   
 COUNTRY TO SAY THE BIDEN POLICY   

281
00:16:23,349 --> 00:16:26,185
 IS FAILING MISERABLY AND THEY     
 HAVE A PLAN TO DO SOMETHING       

282
00:16:26,285 --> 00:16:28,520
 ABOUT IT.                         
 ABBOTT IS TRYING TO BE AS TOUGH   

283
00:16:28,620 --> 00:16:32,758
 ON THE BORDER AS POSSIBLE, WHAT   
 BETTER WAY THAN TO CREATE A SET   

284
00:16:32,858 --> 00:16:40,265
 THAT LOOKS LIKE APOCALYPSE NOW.   
                                  

285
00:16:40,366 --> 00:16:40,599
                                  

286
00:16:40,866 --> 00:16:43,369
 >> PRESENT ARMS!                  

287
00:16:43,469 --> 00:16:47,139
 >> LET ME START OFF BY MAKING A   
 CLEAR POINT AND THAT IS THAT      

288
00:16:47,239 --> 00:16:51,677
 PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS CAUSED A 
 HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AND CHAOS ON 

289
00:16:51,777 --> 00:16:57,182
 OUR BORDER.                       
 I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT WHILE   

290
00:16:57,282 --> 00:17:02,554
 BIDEN CONTINUES TO DITHER, TEXAS 
 AND OTHER STATES ARE TAKING       

291
00:17:02,654 --> 00:17:04,390
 ACTION TO DO THE FEDERAL          
 GOVERNMENT'S JOB.                 

292
00:17:04,490 --> 00:17:07,626
 >> IT'S NOT JUST THE PEOPLE       
 CROSSING THE BORDER, IT'S THE     

293
00:17:07,726 --> 00:17:09,495
 LETHAL DRUGS.                     
 JUST THINK ABOUT HOW MANY DRUGS   

294
00:17:09,595 --> 00:17:13,932
 ARE SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS   
 AND SLIPPING INTO THE             

295
00:17:14,033 --> 00:17:15,567
 BLOODSTREAMS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 

296
00:17:15,667 --> 00:17:20,806
 >> THEY'RE SECRETLY TRANSPORTING 
 THEM INTO OUR STATES ACROSS THIS 

297
00:17:20,906 --> 00:17:22,608
 COUNTRY.                          
 IOWA IS ONE OF THOSE STATES.      

298
00:17:22,708 --> 00:17:28,514
 >> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION MAY   
 HAVE PLACED UP TO 40,000          

299
00:17:28,614 --> 00:17:31,917
 COVID-POSITIVE PEOPLE INTO OUR    
 CITIES HERE IN THE UNITED         

300
00:17:32,017 --> 00:17:33,685
 STATES.                           
 IT'S TIME FOR THE BIDEN           

301
00:17:33,786 --> 00:17:37,589
 ADMINISTRATION TO WAKE UP AND     
 GET ON THE JOB AND DO ITS JOB TO 

302
00:17:37,689 --> 00:17:40,993
 PROTECT THE SOVEREIGNTY AND       
 SAFETY OF THE UNITED STATES OF    

303
00:17:41,093 --> 00:17:41,593
 AMERICA.                          

304
00:17:42,194 --> 00:17:44,897
 >> GOVERNOR, CRITICS SAY THE      
 OPERATION LONE STAR IS            

305
00:17:44,997 --> 00:17:46,899
 UNCONSTITUTIONAL.                 
 HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT?       

306
00:17:46,999 --> 00:17:50,936
 >> WE THINK THAT THE PERSON WHO   
 IS ACTING INCONSISTENT WITH THE   

307
00:17:51,036 --> 00:17:54,740
 CONSTITUTION IS THE PRESIDENT OF 
 THE UNITED STATES.                

308
00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,676
 EAST COMPLETELY ABDICATED HIS     
 CONSTITUTIONAL DUTIES.            

309
00:17:57,776 --> 00:18:00,646
 THAT'S WHY IT'S NECESSARY FOR     
 THE STATES TO TAKE ACTION.        

310
00:18:00,746 --> 00:18:05,851
 OUR JOB IS TO SECURE THE HEALTH   
 AND SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR    

311
00:18:05,951 --> 00:18:08,087
 CONSTITUENTS.                     
 IF JOE BIDEN IS NOT GOING TO DO   

312
00:18:08,187 --> 00:18:14,927
 IT, THE GOVERNORS OF THE UNITED   
 STATES OF AMERICA WILL DO IT.     

313
00:18:15,027 --> 00:18:29,641
                                 

314
00:18:29,741 --> 00:18:33,645
 >> THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE IS SEEN 
 AS HAVING THE MOST AGGRESSIVE     

315
00:18:33,745 --> 00:18:36,782
 CONSERVATIVE AGENDA IN ALL OF     
 THE UNITED STATES.                

316
00:18:36,882 --> 00:18:41,019
 SENATOR BRIAN HUGHES HAS BEEN     
 THE CENTER OF ALL OF IT.          

317
00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:45,657
 AUTHORED THE ABORTION BILL.       
 AUTHORED THE ELECTIONS OVERALL    

318
00:18:45,757 --> 00:18:47,693
 BILL.                             
 GOVERNOR ABBOTT LAUDED HUGHES     

319
00:18:47,793 --> 00:18:51,497
 FOR HAVING THE CORNERSTONE OF     
 THE CONSERVATIVE AGENDA.          

320
00:18:51,597 --> 00:18:52,030
 >> HI.                            

321
00:18:52,131 --> 00:18:52,998
 >> HOW IS IT GOING?               

322
00:18:53,098 --> 00:18:53,999
 >> I'M JENNIFER.                  

323
00:18:54,099 --> 00:18:57,536
 >> HEY.                           
 BRIAN HUGHES.                     

324
00:18:57,636 --> 00:19:01,740
 >> I TALKED TO A LOT OF YOUR      
 DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES.            

325
00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:06,378
 SOMEONE SAID HE'S THE TED LASSO   
 OF THE SENATE.                    

326
00:19:06,478 --> 00:19:11,683
 THEY MEANT THAT AS A COMPLIMENT. 
 THE ELECTIONS OVERALL BILL THAT   

327
00:19:11,783 --> 00:19:15,154
 YOU WERE A SPONSOR OF.            
 WHAT PROBLEM WERE YOU TRYING TO   

328
00:19:15,254 --> 00:19:16,355
 SOLVE HERE?                       

329
00:19:16,455 --> 00:19:19,958
 >> MOST SECURITY MEASURES ARE     
 NOT AIMED AT THE INDIVIDUAL       

330
00:19:20,058 --> 00:19:22,728
 VOTERS, THEY'RE AIMED AT THE      
 CHEATERS, THE PAID POLITICAL      

331
00:19:22,828 --> 00:19:25,497
 OFFICERS THAT ARE TRYING TO       
 MISLEAD THE VOTERS.               

332
00:19:25,597 --> 00:19:30,936
 >> 11 MILLION VOTERS IN TEXAS     
 AND THERE WERE 44                 

333
00:19:31,036 --> 00:19:33,038
 INVESTIGATIONS.                   
 AND THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR       

334
00:19:33,138 --> 00:19:36,775
 APPOINTED A SECRETARY OF STATE    
 WHO SAID THAT THESE ELECTIONS     

335
00:19:36,875 --> 00:19:37,676
 WERE SMOOTH AND SECURE.           

336
00:19:37,776 --> 00:19:38,911
 >> YOU BET.                       

337
00:19:39,011 --> 00:19:42,614
 >> YOU CALLED THIS AN ELECTION    
 INTEGRITY BILL WHICH SUGGESTS     

338
00:19:42,714 --> 00:19:45,217
 THAT THERE'S A LACK OF INTEGRITY 
 IN THE PROCESS.                   

339
00:19:45,317 --> 00:19:48,921
 >> MOST OF THESE TEND TO BE IN    
 PRIME AREAS OR IN CITY OR SCHOOL 

340
00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:52,491
 BOARD ELECTIONS WHERE THE NUMBER 
 OF VOTERS IS SMALLER.             

341
00:19:52,591 --> 00:19:55,661
 THAT'S WHAT THIS SWORN TESTIMONY 
 WE'VE HEARD IS ABOUT.             

342
00:19:55,761 --> 00:19:57,563
 I KNOW THERE'S A BIG NATIONAL     
 DISCUSSION.                       

343
00:19:57,663 --> 00:20:02,034
 WE COME HERE AND WE HEAR FROM     
 OUR CONSTITUENTS AND TRY TO MAKE 

344
00:20:02,134 --> 00:20:04,236
 THE BILL BETTER.                  

345
00:20:04,336 --> 00:20:07,906
 >> THE FETAL HEARTBEAT BILL       
 REPUBLICANS HAVE TRYING TO        

346
00:20:08,006 --> 00:20:11,510
 PURSUE FOR A LONG TIME.           
 IS YOUR GOAL TO BAN ABORTION      

347
00:20:11,610 --> 00:20:12,244
 ALTOGETHER?                       

348
00:20:12,778 --> 00:20:16,014
 >> 85% OF ABORTIONS IN TEXAS ARE 
 AFFECTED BY THE BILL.             

349
00:20:16,114 --> 00:20:20,519
 THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.             
 MANY STATES PASSED HEARTBEAT      

350
00:20:20,619 --> 00:20:22,054
 BILLS, THE DIFFERENCE WAS THIS    
 ONE TOOK EFFECT.                  

351
00:20:22,154 --> 00:20:25,924
 >> THERE'S A CLEVER CONSTRUCTION 
 OF THE BILL.                      

352
00:20:26,024 --> 00:20:28,961
 NOT EVERYONE WOULD AGREE IT WAS   
 CLEVER, I GUESS.                  

353
00:20:29,061 --> 00:20:32,598
 LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT GOING TO   
 COME AFTER THE WOMAN.             

354
00:20:32,698 --> 00:20:36,501
 WHAT HAPPENS IS NOT OTHER PEOPLE 
 INVOLVED COULD BE SUED.           

355
00:20:36,602 --> 00:20:43,675
 WHY NOT JUST DO THIS STRAIGHT UP 
 AS A BAN AT SIX WEEKS ENFORCED    

356
00:20:43,775 --> 00:20:45,010
 BY LAW ENFORCEMENT?               

357
00:20:45,110 --> 00:20:48,013
 >> CITIZEN ENFORCEMENT IS A TOOL 
 THAT'S BEEN THERE.                

358
00:20:48,113 --> 00:20:50,015
 >> CITIZEN ENFORCEMENT.           
 THAT'S TOUGH.                     

359
00:20:50,115 --> 00:20:51,650
 IT'S TOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR     
 THAT.                             

360
00:20:51,750 --> 00:20:53,885
 >> IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR HUNDREDS 
 OF YEARS.                         

361
00:20:53,986 --> 00:20:57,689
 IT'S IN CONSUMER PROTECTION       
 LAWS.                             

362
00:20:57,789 --> 00:21:00,325
 IN TEXAS, OUR MEDICATE FRAUD      
 STATUTE SAYS ANY PERSON CAN       

363
00:21:00,425 --> 00:21:03,929
 BRING A CLAIM.                    
 WE PATTERNED THIS BILL AFTER THE 

364
00:21:04,029 --> 00:21:05,631
 MEDICAID FRAUD STATUTES.          

365
00:21:05,731 --> 00:21:07,499
 >> THERE'S NO EXEMPTION FOR RAPE 
 OR INCEST.                        

366
00:21:07,599 --> 00:21:08,100
 >> RIGHT.                         

367
00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:09,301
 >> WHY NOT?                       

368
00:21:09,401 --> 00:21:12,638
 >> THE WAY I CAN IMAGINE THAT     
 SITUATION, I CAN'T THINK OF       

369
00:21:12,738 --> 00:21:15,741
 ANYTHING MORE HORRIBLE.           
 A MOTHER IN A SITUATION LIKE      

370
00:21:15,841 --> 00:21:20,178
 THAT IS IN A TERRIBLE SITUATION. 
 LET'S HELP HER, COME ALONGSIDE    

371
00:21:20,279 --> 00:21:25,450
 HER, LET'S NOT MAKE IT WORSE BY   
 TAKING THE LIFE OF THE UNBORN     

372
00:21:25,550 --> 00:21:25,984
 CHILD.                            

373
00:21:26,785 --> 00:21:29,154
 >> I'VE ALSO HEARD FROM RAPE      
 VICTIMS WHO HAVE VERY MUCH THE    

374
00:21:29,254 --> 00:21:29,821
 OPPOSITE VIEW.                    

375
00:21:29,921 --> 00:21:30,555
 >> SURE.                          

376
00:21:30,656 --> 00:21:31,823
 >> TO HAVE TO BRING THAT K450I8D 

377
00:21:31,923 --> 00:21:38,030
 >> TO HAVE TO BRING THAT K45CHI   
 TO TERM AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR    

378
00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:38,930
 RAISING THAT CHILD.               

379
00:21:39,031 --> 00:21:41,733
 >> TEXAS STRONGLY ENFORCES CHILD 
 SUPPORT.                          

380
00:21:41,833 --> 00:21:43,969
 WE AGGRESSIVELY GO AFTER THOSE    
 CASES.                            

381
00:21:44,069 --> 00:21:47,973
 >> THE MOTHER HAS TO RAISE THE    
 CHILD.                            

382
00:21:48,073 --> 00:21:50,575
 UP FOR ADOPTION.                  
 SHE'S IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION.   

383
00:21:50,676 --> 00:21:53,545
 WE CAN PROTECT THE LIFE OF THAT   
 LITTLE BABY AND LOVE AND SUPPORT 

384
00:21:53,645 --> 00:21:54,880
 THEM.                             
 WE HAVE TO DO BOTH.               

385
00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:57,249
 WE DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN   
 THE TWO.                          

386
00:21:57,349 --> 00:21:57,749
 WE CAN DO BOTH.                   

387
00:21:57,849 --> 00:21:58,817
 >> IT'S NOT EASY.                 

388
00:21:58,917 --> 00:22:05,257
 >> NO, IT'S NOT EASY.             
 THERE'S NOT A MORE DIFFICULT      

389
00:22:05,357 --> 00:22:06,224
 DECISION.                         
                                  

390
00:22:06,325 --> 00:22:06,558
                                  

391
00:22:07,292 --> 00:22:08,427
 >> BREAKING NEWS TO CLOSE OUT     
 THE PROGRAM.                      

392
00:22:08,527 --> 00:22:12,164
 COULD BE DEEPLY SIGNIFICANT.      
 A FEDERAL JUDGE IN TEXAS ISSUED   

393
00:22:12,264 --> 00:22:15,467
 AN ORDER BLOCKING THE STATE'S     
 SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN.            

394
00:22:15,567 --> 00:22:18,637
 >> THE U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE        
 CALLED THE LAW AN OFFENSIVE       

395
00:22:18,737 --> 00:22:20,605
 DEPRIVATION OF A CONSTITUTIONAL   
 RIGHT.                            

396
00:22:20,706 --> 00:22:32,718
 >> THE STATE OF TEXAS ALREADY     
 FILED ITS NOTICE TO APPEAL.       

397
00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:38,423
                                 

398
00:22:38,523 --> 00:22:40,892
 >> THERE WAS BIG BREAKING NEWS    
 LAST NIGHT.                       

399
00:22:40,992 --> 00:22:45,697
 A FEDERAL JUDGE IN TEXAS STOPPED 
 THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE TEXAS      

400
00:22:45,797 --> 00:22:48,633
 ABORTION LAW.                     
 SO FOR DEMOCRATS AND ABORTION     

401
00:22:48,734 --> 00:22:51,203
 RIGHTS ADVOCATES IN TEXAS, THIS   
 IS A HUGE RELIEF.                 

402
00:22:51,303 --> 00:22:54,906
 BUT THE REPUBLICANS ARE GETTING   
 THE FIGHT THAT THEY WANT.         

403
00:22:55,006 --> 00:23:01,179
 TODAY WE'LL TALK TO TWO           
 DEMOCRATS FROM THE TEXAS STATE    

404
00:23:01,279 --> 00:23:04,416
 LEGISLATURE, REPRESENTATIVE       
 HINOJOSA FROM AUSTIN AND          

405
00:23:04,516 --> 00:23:05,917
 REPRESENTATIVE COLLIER FROM FT.   
 WORTH.                            

406
00:23:06,017 --> 00:23:08,954
 BOTH OF THEM ARE PART OF THE      
 GROUP THAT DREW NATIONAL          

407
00:23:09,054 --> 00:23:13,959
 ATTENTION THIS SUMMER WHEN THEY   
 BROKE QUORUM TO LEAVE AUSTIN AND 

408
00:23:14,059 --> 00:23:18,897
 GO TO D.C. IN ORDER TO STOP THE   
 ELECTIONS OVERHAUL BILL FROM      

409
00:23:18,997 --> 00:23:22,534
 COMING TO A VOTE ON THE FLOOR.    
 IF THEY LEAVE THE CHAMBER, IT     

410
00:23:22,634 --> 00:23:25,470
 MEANS THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH        
 REPRESENTATIVES ON THE FLOOR.     

411
00:23:25,570 --> 00:23:30,275
 THE REPUBLICANS CANNOT BRING THE 
 VOTE UP.                          

412
00:23:30,375 --> 00:23:33,145
 >> IT'S JUST BEEN THE MOST        
 DIVISIVE SESSION EVER.            

413
00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:38,750
 JUST COMPLETELY OUTRAGEOUS SOME   
 OF THE LEGISLATION THAT DOESN'T   

414
00:23:38,850 --> 00:23:42,421
 REFLECT THE VALUES AND OPINIONS   
 OF THE MAJORITY OF TEXANS.        

415
00:23:42,521 --> 00:23:47,159
 >> SO WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THE BILL 
 THAT MADE YOU SAY THIS IS A       

416
00:23:47,259 --> 00:23:51,830
 THING THAT WE HAVE TO RIP CORD,   
 NUKE OPTION, LIKE WHAT WAS AT     

417
00:23:51,930 --> 00:23:52,364
 STAKE?                            

418
00:23:53,231 --> 00:23:55,467
 >> THEY'RE MAKING IT HARDER FOR   
 PEOPLE TO VOTE LIMITING ACCESS    

419
00:23:55,567 --> 00:23:58,904
 TO THE POLLS AND BLOCKING THE     
 WILL OF THE PEOPLE.               

420
00:23:59,004 --> 00:24:01,473
 WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY   
 6th.                              

421
00:24:01,573 --> 00:24:03,842
 WE KNOW THE INTENT OF THE FAR     
 RIGHT.                            

422
00:24:03,942 --> 00:24:06,912
 THE FAR RIGHT IS WHO CONTROLS     
 POLITICS IN TEXAS.                

423
00:24:07,012 --> 00:24:10,048
 WHAT THEY DIDN'T DO ON JANUARY    
 6th THEY'RE TRYING TO DO WITH     

424
00:24:10,148 --> 00:24:11,183
 THESE LAWS.                       

425
00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:14,586
 >> WHEN YOU STEP BACK FROM        
 EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE      

426
00:24:14,686 --> 00:24:18,590
 SEEN HAPPEN THIS LEGISLATIVE      
 SESSION, FETAL HEARTBEAT          

427
00:24:18,690 --> 00:24:24,396
 ABORTION BILL, THE ELECTIONS      
 OVERHAUL, BANS ON TRANSGENDER     

428
00:24:24,496 --> 00:24:30,268
 ATHLETES, CRITICAL RACE THEORY,   
 PERM                              

429
00:24:30,368 --> 00:24:35,440
 PERMITLESS CARRY IN TEXAS         
 WITHOUT ANY KIND OF PERMIT.       

430
00:24:35,540 --> 00:24:37,075
 WHAT IS THE SHIFT IN THAT PARTY   
 ABOUT?                            

431
00:24:37,175 --> 00:24:44,749
 >> POWER.                         
 WE ARE A MINORITY/MAJORITY        

432
00:24:44,850 --> 00:24:46,618
 STATE.                            
 THEY WILL DO WHATEVER THEY CAN    

433
00:24:46,718 --> 00:24:48,186
 TO RETAIN THAT POWER.             

434
00:24:48,286 --> 00:24:50,522
 >> DO YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S A     
 BACKLASH COMING TO WHAT HAPPENED 

435
00:24:50,622 --> 00:24:51,823
 IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION?      

436
00:24:51,923 --> 00:24:56,361
 >> WILL IT MATTER WHEN THEY       
 GERRYMANDER OUR DISTRICTS?        

437
00:24:56,461 --> 00:25:01,399
 WE CANNOT OUT-MOBILIZE RACIST     
 GERRYMANDERING.                   

438
00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:05,804
 I WISH WE COULD JUST PRIORITY     
 VOTING RIGHTS IN THE LEGISLATION 

439
00:25:05,904 --> 00:25:08,440
 ABOVE ALL OTHER THINGS.           
 THIS IS NOT JUST A TEXAS          

440
00:25:08,540 --> 00:25:11,409
 PROBLEM.                          
 THIS IS COMING TO A STATE NEAR    

441
00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:11,877
 YOU.                              

442
00:25:12,377 --> 00:25:13,678
 >> EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE LIKE     
 TEXAS.                            

443
00:25:13,778 --> 00:25:15,881
 NO, YOU DON'T.                    
 THE                               

444
00:25:15,981 --> 00:25:21,553
 [ LAUGHTER ]                      
                                  

445
00:25:21,653 --> 00:25:31,763
                                  

446
00:25:32,564 --> 00:25:35,233
 >> WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO SEE JUDGE 
 STRAUSS.                          

447
00:25:35,333 --> 00:25:39,371
 STRAUSS IS THE FORMER REPUBLICAN 
 SPEAKER OF THE TEXAS HOUSE AT     

448
00:25:39,471 --> 00:25:41,907
 THE STATE LEVEL, RIGHT UP THERE   
 IN THAT BUILDING.                 

449
00:25:42,007 --> 00:25:46,945
 IN 2009TO 2019, ONE OF THE MOST   
 POWERFUL REPUBLICANS IN THE       

450
00:25:47,045 --> 00:25:50,415
 STATE WHO FOUND HIMSELF AT ODDS   
 WITH THE MORE EXTREME ELEMENTS    

451
00:25:50,515 --> 00:25:54,920
 OF THE PARTY THAT WERE COMING TO 
 POWER IN THAT TIME.               

452
00:25:55,020 --> 00:25:57,255
 WAS PARTICULARLY SOMEONE WHO DID 
 A LOT OF BATTLE WITH DAN          

453
00:25:57,355 --> 00:25:59,858
 PATRICK, THE LIEUTENANT           
 GOVERNOR, WHO IN A LOT OF WAYS    

454
00:25:59,958 --> 00:26:02,928
 IS THE MOST POWERFUL REPUBLICAN   
 IN THE STATE BECAUSE HE'S NOT     

455
00:26:03,028 --> 00:26:06,298
 JUST THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BUT 
 ALSO PRESIDES OVER THE STATE'S    

456
00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:09,301
 SENATE.                           
 STRAUSS KEPT TRYING TO MODERATE   

457
00:26:09,401 --> 00:26:11,469
 THE PARTY, PATRICK WAS TRYING TO 
 PUSH IT TO THE RIGHT.             

458
00:26:11,570 --> 00:26:15,740
 THE WHOLE THING CAME TO HEAD IN   
 2017 WHEN PATRICK PUT FORWARD A   

459
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:16,975
 TRANSGENDER BATHROOM BILL.        

460
00:26:17,075 --> 00:26:19,444
 >> THE SO-CALLED TEXAS BATHROOM   
 BILL.                             

461
00:26:19,544 --> 00:26:23,148
 IF MADE LAW THIS BILL WOULD       
 REQUIRE TRANSGENDER MEN, WOMEN    

462
00:26:23,248 --> 00:26:27,385
 AND CHILDREN BASED ON THE GENDER 
 ON THEIR BIRTH SIRTE              

463
00:26:27,485 --> 00:26:30,722
 ON THEIR BIRTH SIRCERTIFICATE.    

464
00:26:30,822 --> 00:26:31,957
 >> STRAUSS KILLED THAT BALL.      
 HE WAS LIKE I CAN'T LEAD THIS     

465
00:26:32,057 --> 00:26:34,392
 PARTY ANYMORE.                    
 I HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE AND     

466
00:26:34,492 --> 00:26:36,928
 QUIT.                             
 IN '17, BATHROOM BILL CAMS UP,    

467
00:26:37,028 --> 00:26:38,797
 YOU WERE AGAINST IT.              
 WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE THAT YOU     

468
00:26:38,897 --> 00:26:40,332
 WERE GOING TO STEP AWAY?          

469
00:26:40,432 --> 00:26:43,335
 >> HAVING TO WRESTLE THAT TO THE 
 GROUND, REMARKABLY THAT WAS THE   

470
00:26:43,435 --> 00:26:45,604
 NUMBER ONE GOAL OF OUR            
 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR THAT YEAR.    

471
00:26:45,704 --> 00:26:46,705
 >> YES.                           

472
00:26:46,805 --> 00:26:49,107
 >> GIVE ME A BREAK.               
 WITH ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE   

473
00:26:49,207 --> 00:26:55,180
 FACING A GROWING STATE AND        
 REALLY IT SHOOK ME UP IN A WAY    

474
00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,817
 THAT THAT COULD TAKE UP SO MUCH   
 OXYGEN.                           

475
00:26:58,917 --> 00:27:00,719
 >> YEAH.                          
 CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE         

476
00:27:00,819 --> 00:27:03,822
 PATRICK AND ABBOTT OF IT ALL?     
 HOW MUCH IS WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH 

477
00:27:03,922 --> 00:27:06,591
 THE TEXAS REPUBLICAN PARTY IN     
 THE LAST DECADE THE RESULT OF     

478
00:27:06,691 --> 00:27:09,728
 THOSE TWO GUYS AND THEIR          
 PRIORITIES AND POLITICS?          

479
00:27:09,828 --> 00:27:14,466
 >> A LOT OF IT, BUT I THINK MORE 
 SO OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.    

480
00:27:14,566 --> 00:27:18,937
 I THINK DAN PATRICK HAS HAD MORE 
 TO DO WITH DRIVING THE AGENDA OF 

481
00:27:19,037 --> 00:27:22,073
 TEXAS POLITICS THAN ANYBODY OVER 
 THE LAST TEN YEARS WITH LESS AND 

482
00:27:22,173 --> 00:27:26,878
 LESS INPUT FROM OTHER THE AND     
 WITH                              

483
00:27:26,978 --> 00:27:28,980
 WI                                
 OTHERS AND WITH LESS AND LESS     

484
00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:30,849
 HUMIDITY.                         
 HE'S GOOD AT THE GAME BUT I       

485
00:27:30,949 --> 00:27:32,684
 DON'T THINK IT'S GREAT FOR THE    
 STATE.                            

486
00:27:32,784 --> 00:27:36,421
 SO MANY PEOPLE ARE TRAINED OR     
 ENGRAINED INTO VOTING IN          

487
00:27:36,521 --> 00:27:40,892
 NOVEMBER FOR THE PERSON WITH THE 
 "R" BY THEIR NAME, NONE OF THE    

488
00:27:40,992 --> 00:27:42,927
 REST MATTERS.                     
 THAT MAY BE CHANGING.             

489
00:27:43,028 --> 00:27:46,097
 IF YOU SEE PHOTOGRAPHS OF         
 POLITICAL EVENTS, REPUBLICAN      

490
00:27:46,197 --> 00:27:50,068
 POLITICAL EVENTS AROUND THE       
 STATE, YOU SEE A LOT OF WHITE     

491
00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:54,272
 SKIN AND GRAY HAIR.               
 THIS STATE IS BECOMING MORE       

492
00:27:54,372 --> 00:27:57,676
 DIVERSE AND BECOMING YOUNGER.     
 SO IF REPUBLICANS ARE NOT REALLY 

493
00:27:57,776 --> 00:28:01,980
 CAREFUL AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN     
 CAREFUL --                        

494
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:02,647
 >> RIGHT.                         

495
00:28:03,114 --> 00:28:04,616
 >> -- THIS CAN BECOME             
 COMPETITIVE IN A HURRY.           

496
00:28:04,716 --> 00:28:07,385
 >> AND IF THE PARTY CONTINUES     
 DOWN THE PATH IT'S ON RIGHT NOW, 

497
00:28:07,485 --> 00:28:09,087
 IS THAT THE ROAD TO RUIN?         

498
00:28:09,187 --> 00:28:14,926
 >> AN OLD POLITICAL HAND TOLD ME 
 NOT LONG AGO THAT NOTHING IN      

499
00:28:15,026 --> 00:28:22,033
 TEXAS POLITICS CHANGES UNTIL IT   
 DOES.                             

500
00:28:22,133 --> 00:28:24,035
                                 

501
00:28:24,135 --> 00:28:27,672
 >> BREAKING NEWS.                 
 FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RULED THAT 

502
00:28:27,772 --> 00:28:31,543
 TEXAS CAN TEMPORARILY RESUME ITS 
 NEW ABORTION LAW.                 

503
00:28:31,643 --> 00:28:34,913
 >> THE WOMEN OF TEXAS HAD THEIR   
 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOR ABOUT   

504
00:28:35,013 --> 00:28:38,917
 THREE DAYS.                       

505
00:28:39,017 --> 00:28:41,553
 >> WHAT HAPPENS NOW?              
                                  

506
00:28:41,653 --> 00:28:52,630
  TAKE ME BACK TO TEXAS          
  TAKE ME BACK TO TEXAS          

507
00:28:52,731 --> 00:28:58,603
  TAKE ME BACK TO TEXAS