The boldness of it was something Democrats wanted. They're tired of just the state, you know, kind of one wrong one or ad war that's inevitable in these kinds of races. He doesn't want to be the Beto or work from 2020. Hell, yes. We're going to take your AR 15 or AK 47. It is on us.
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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