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Oh good Sunday morning as Democrats
try to gain more seats in the
US House of Representatives,
many sights are set on District 21,
which went from leaning
Red to a toss up district.
District 21 includes parts of Travis and
Hays Counties and stretches West Tablang,
Kohanga, Lepszy counties and beyond.
In 2018, Republican Chip Roy
won the open seat.
But former Democratic state Senator
and Texas gubernatorial candidate
Wendy Davis is hoping to make
him a one term representative.
Last week,
we talked with Congressman Roy this morning.
We're hearing from Davis about
why she wants to replace him.
You know,
a lot of people have wondered if
an when you were going to run for
political office again tell us
what made you decide to run for
the US House of Representatives.
My
4 year old and two year old
granddaughters who live about 10
minutes away from me in Austin.
I entered this race because I wanted to
make sure I was fighting for the future,
that they deserved an when I
witnessed the kind of representation
that we were getting from Chip Roy.
I knew I had to throw my hat in the ring.
So here I am doing something
I never expected.
I would be doing running for
a seat in the US House.
You said the type of representation we
were getting from representative chip Roy.
What about his performance over these
past two years has stood out to
you and really made you decide that
you wanted to challenge him. Well
really time and time again,
Chip Roy has demonstrated that he's
looking out for special interest groups
and not for the people that he serves.
And he's also demonstrated
very particularly during kovid.
An another instance is that his
positions are actually dangerous for
Texas families and we cannot trust
that he's going to look out for us.
For example, he's become one of
the leading coronavirus skeptics.
He has articulated the belief.
That we should all infect each other.
A herd immunity proposal without a
vaccine and our public health experts
here in Austin alone have said
that 20,000 Austinites would die,
likely die under that kind of an approach.
Now I want to talk
to you a bit about the district
Republican Lamar Smith represented
this district from 1987 until 2018.
Democrats were hopeful that they
could flip that seat back in 2018,
and they came pretty close.
But we're presented if Roy
won by about three points.
So what makes you think you'll be
able to flip this seat this election?
Well, he won by less than three points
and we really feel that now that people
understand the kind of representation
they're getting from Chip Roy,
they're going to feel as I do,
that he needs to go.
One of the very first things that I
witnessed him do was in a committee
hearing while Democratic representatives
and Republican representatives were
really calling to task pharmaceutical
reps for runaway drug prices.
She became offended.
He started screaming.
I'm glad you make a lot of money.
I hope you make a lot more money
and stormed out of the room.
That was the deciding factor for me
to enter and since then and watching
him over the course of this two
year period and understanding how
time and time again he is voting in
ways that are harmful to Texans.
It just motivates me all the more to
make sure that we crossed this finish
line successfully and we deliver a voice.
For people who deserve to have
a fighter in their corner,
not the corner of special interests.
Chip Roy has been working for
the Club for growth.
They put over $3 million into
television ads for him in this race.
I'm taking zero money from corporate
PACs and federal lobbyists,
and Meanwhile,
of course,
their agenda is to keep those tax
cuts in place that benefited the very
wealthiest and the way they proposed
to pay for it is to end Social Security.
And Medicare and Medicaid
privatize all of that.
And ship Roy argues those points hook,
line and sinker.
He is 100% a mouthpiece for that
special interest group and clearly
is fighting in in a way that is
against the interests of this state
and people all over this country,
including the fact that he strongly
believes and agrees with the
case before the Supreme Court to
remove the Affordable Care Act.
To deal it its final death blow.
And of course the millions of people
would lose coverage as a consequence of that,
once again demonstrating he's not
looking out for Texas families,
and we can't trust him to lookout for us.
You mention that pack.
Let's talk a little bit more about them.
I know that you're probably aware they're
running commercials right now about
you pointing out an ethics violation,
saying that you essentially profited
from your time as a Texas senator.
How do you respond to this?
These are absolutely bogus and absurd claims.
Their six year old claims that were
tried during my gubernatorial race
and they were debunked at the time
and honestly they have nowhere else
to go when it comes to the service.
I have always provided for people
that I've had the privilege to serve.
They know that time and time again
I have stood for school funding.
Ihave stood for our teachers
I've stood against.
Predatory practices in payday
lending in electricity.
An insurance that I am a fighter for
people and they're scared to death
of that because they know I will be
an absolute obstacle to their goal.
To remove Medicare,
Social Security and Medicaid for for
the many millions of people around this
country that rely on those and quite frankly,
Medicare and Social Security.
Of course, being.
Benefits that we earned through
hard work and that we deserve to
have in our retirement.
They want to see that go away
because they want to see the
bottom line of the billionaires.
An very wealthy corporations in
this country continue to grow while
people all over this state and all
over this country right now are
suffering the most economically
dire situation they've ever faced.
You know, if you are elected to
Congress, tell us what will be
your top priority for 2021. The
very most important thing that we
can do is to deliver the promise of
health care to people across Texas.
We have the highest percentage
of uninsured people,
highest percentage of uninsured women,
an highest percentage of uninsured children,
and that is just not acceptable.
And we've seen a particularly high death
rate in our state from coronavirus.
For people who haven't had the medical
care and the pre-existing conditions that
made them more vulnerable to this disease.
That has got to be our most important
priority as we face this pandemic.
Every person should have access to care.
Every person should have access to
testing and we need to make sure that
we return the health and safety of our
communities so that we can get our
economy working for all of us again that
we can get our schools safely reopened
and we can keep this virus contained.
That's going to take all of our
efforts and attention as we start.
The next congressional session.
Ann, I hope to be there to fight for
people who deserve to have a voice.
You know, share with our viewers some
final thoughts about why you think
they should elect you this November.
Absolutely, you know I came from a
life of struggle and I was a person
privileged to move up and out of
poverty as a single mom because I was
able to get a higher education and
I was lucky that lawmakers before me
believed in investing in people like me.
That's not the case today and I want to
make sure that every child that grows
up in this beautiful state I call home.
Has the same opportunities to realize
their full potential that I have.
I have always been in public service
because I believe that people need a
voice and I am proud of my 15 years in
elected office at the local and state level.
Fighting time and time again,
exactly for the people who elected me to
represent them, not for special interests,
and certainly not for those who are
privileged to be at the very, very top.
The very wealthiest,
the largest corporations and
the pharmaceutical companies.
In this country.
You can learn more about Davis
is campaign at kview.com and you
can re watch our interview with
Congressman Roy in the Texas this week.
Section well time is running
out to cast your ballot early.
Early voting is already underway
in ends on October 30th.
Election Day is November 3rd.
That's Texas this week.