Texas has a long tradition of having debates on Friday night when historically is the night for high school football. The only time these two guys have been like head to head in any kind of confrontation that people at least saw was when Beto confronted Abbott on guns. I'm surprised frankly they debated it at all.
Republicans have firmly held the Texas governorship since 1995. Beto O’Rourke’s campaign is both a long shot and Democrats’ best challenge in decades.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro and Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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