ACCUSE
ACCUSE HIM OF BRIBERY AND ABUSE OF OFFICE IN THAT SAME DONOR.
LET'S BEGIN WITH TWO WORDS.
WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT HAPPENED? FOR MONTHS, WE HAVE TALKED ON
INSIDE TEXAS POLITICS ABOUT HOW
DEMOCRATS MIGHT TURN TEXAS BLUE
AND MAYBE MORE IMPORTANT, WITH
MAJORITY CONTROL OF THE TEXAS
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
HOUSE. TEXAS DEMOCRATS DID NEITHER
LAST WEEK.
LAST WEEK. SO THEY SPENT THE LAST FEW DAYS
ASKING THE SAME QUESTION THAT
WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
HOW ARE THEY SO WRONG?
WE ARE GOING TO POSE THAT
QUESTION TO OUR FIRST GUEST
THIS MORNING, DOCTOR CARLA
BRALEY, SHE IS THE VICE
CHAIRWOMAN OF THE TEXAS
DEMOCRATIC 30, SHE IS ALSO AN
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF
SOCIOLOGY AT TEXAS SOUTHERN
UNIVERSITY IN HOUSTON.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> SAME TO YOU.
ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR YOU COVER
THE NEWS.
THE NEWS.
THE NEWS. >> WE APPRECIATE THAT.
YOU HEARD MY FIRST QUESTION,
WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT HAPPENED? THE DEMOCRATS HAD HIGH HOPES
AND COULDN'T DELIVER ON ANY OF
THOSE.
THOSE.
THOSE. >>
THOSE. >> WELL, I THINK WE DELIVERED
ON SOME.
ON SOME.
ON SOME. YOU WILL SEE ACROSS, IF YOU
LOOK REALLY CLOSELY, YOU WILL
SEE THAT OUR URBAN AREAS ARE
STRONG BLUE NOW.
WE DID SEND A MESSAGE AND THOSE
AREAS, WHAT YOU ALSO SAW IS
THAT IF YOU LOOK LOCALLY,
SEVERAL CANDIDATES WHO WERE
ELECTED WERE FIRST IN HARRIS
COUNTY ALONE, THERE WAS
BASICALLY A COMPLETE SWEEP. IF
YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE
SURROUNDING AREAS LIKE SAFFORD,
WHO IS HAVING THEIR FIRST BLACK
MAYOR, TEXAS CITY HAS A BLACK
MAYOR.
MAYOR.
MAYOR. I
MAYOR. I THINK ACROSS THE STATE OF
TEXAS, WE HAVE SEEN PROGRESS.
I THINK IN THE UPCOMING YEARS,
YOU WILL DEFINITELY SEE TEXAS
HIGHLY CONSIDERED AS A
BATTLEGROUND STATE.
BATTLEGROUND STATE. I THINK THAT ONE COULD ARGUE
THAT WE ARE CERTAINLY NOT RED,'M
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IF
IF YOU
IF YOU WANT TO PUT US IN THE PURPLE STAGE, I THINK YOU CAN
DO THAT BUT WE DEFINITELY MADE
PROGRESS UP AND DOWN ACROSS THE
STATE OF TEXAS.
>> I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN
ARGUE THAT TEXAS IS 7
COMPETITIVE NOW, BUT THE PARTY
AND DEMOCRATS ACROSS THE STATE
TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY
FLIPPING TEXAS.
FLIPPING TEXAS. THAT JOE BIDEN MIGHT WIN THIS
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. THERE WERE SOME P
ABOUT MJ POTENTIALLY DEFEATING
JOHN.U JL
BUT
BUT MORE
BUT MORE POORLY THAN ANYTHING, THAT STRATEGIC MOVE THAT THE
PARTY WANTED TO dS
ñDO
ñDO '7óIS
ñDO '7óIS FLIP THE
TEXAS
TEXAS HOUSE. WHEN THE SCOREBOARD CAME UP AT
THE END OF THE DAY AND THOSE
THREE BIG COLUMNS ÷ñIT WAS 0-0-
DEMOCRATS DIDN'T LOSE GROUND,
BUT THEY DIDN'T GAIN
EITHER IN THOSE THREE.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. YOU KNOW, H#ZI BELIEVE THAT ANY
TIME
TIME
TIME PERFECT SITUATION AND THERE IS
NO ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, THEN ■
PERFECT SITUATION AND THERE IS NO ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, THEN ■ç
THERE IS g#■
NO ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, THEN ■ç THERE IS g#■NO ROOM FOR GROWTH.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE
MODELING WILL HAVE TO TAKE A
LOOK AT, I THINK WE MAY é@9?$HA
EVEN UNDERESTIMATED THE IMPACT
OF WHERE SOME OF THE CURRENT :
PRESIDENT'S VIEWS ARE, I PGATHI WE MAY HAVE THOUGHT THAT WE
WERE MUCH FURTHER ALONG IN
TERMS OFxL■ UNITING AROUND WHAT
NOT ONLY THE STATE OF TEXAS,
BUT FOR THE NATION.
SO, IN TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT,[os
SAY THAT WE HAVE %&/■
SO, IN TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT,[os SAY THAT WE HAVE %&/■TO ENGAGE
POPULATIONS IN AND OUT OF
SEASON.
SEASON.
SEASON. SO, YOU WILL SEE EVEN MORE OF
THATh
THATh
THATh INCREASE OF ENGAGÑ
THE BOARD, AND THEN YOU KNOW,
YOU CANNOT DENY THE IMPACT THAT
COVID-19 POTENTIALLY HAD ON
HAVING BOOTS ON THE GROUND,
THAT IS ALWAYS A MWINNING
METHOD, DOORKNOCKING,%qñQV■
THAT IS ALWAYS A MWINNING METHOD, DOORKNOCKING,%qñQV■i]
METHOD, DOORKNOCKING,%qñQV■i] NEGATE THAT.
NEGATE THAT. >> SHOULD DEMOCRATS HAVE
MASKS 9AND GONE TO KNOCK ON
DOORS?
DOORS?
DOORS? >>
DOORS? >> ONE COULD 3W■
DOORS? >> ONE COULD 3W■ARGUE THAT, BUT
AR
nrTHE
nrTHE PERSPECTIVE OF IF YOU
LOOKED
LOOKED AT
LOOKED AT IT CLOSELY EVEN AS WE REALLY GOT INTO COPD, YOU DID
SEE SOME DOORKNOCKING, SOME
BLOCK WALKING, BUT THE REALITY
IS WE WERE REALLY TAKING,
PRECAUTION OF SAFETY AND
SECURITY.
SECURITY.
SECURITY. AT THE END OF THE DAY, b■
SECURITY. AT THE END OF THE DAY, b■THAT
R% MATTERS MOST.4Wñ
ú
ú DID
ú DID WE
ú DID WE WANT TO LOSE AN ELECTION
BASED ON THAT?
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
ABSOLUTELY NOT. BUT, THE REALITY IS I DO INC.
THAT WE ARE STILL AS YOU -9■
BUT, THE REALITY IS I DO INC. THAT WE ARE STILL AS YOU -9■ñO'
WE ARE STILL IN A VERY HIGH
SPOT IN TERMS OF BEING AFFECTED
BY COVID-19. 8ñ
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BY COVID-19. 8ñ I 1E■MEAN THAT ISq■
BY COVID-19. 8ñ I 1E■MEAN THAT ISq■hMñ@<Ñ AN
YOU
CAN'T
CAN'T DENY. >> NO QUESTION ABOUT THE VIRUS
HERE AND JUST FOR OUR VIEWERS,(ñ
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GOTV,
GOTV, GET
GOTV, GET OUT THE VOTE. EVERY FOUR YEARS DEMOCRATS ARE
GETTING MORE AND MORE VOTES IN
THE PRM(é
TIA
FOUR
FOUR YEARS WON THE STATE BY NINE VOTES,
THIS YEAR 6t■
WON THE STATE BY NINE VOTES, THIS YEAR 6t■THE PRESIDENT ONE
SIX POINTS.
SIX POINTS. WE HAVE SEEN THAT LEAD DIMINISH
AND DIMINISH.
AND DIMINISH. BY THAT MATH WE ARE ;
WHAT 8 TO 12 YEARS BEFORE TEXAS
BY THAT MATH WE ARE ; WHAT 8 TO 12 YEARS BEFORE TEXASC
DEMOCRATS MIGHT TURN THIS STATE
BLUE.
BLUE.
BLUE. >>
BLUE. >> YES, BUT YOU KNOW THE
REALITY IS, FOR SO LONG @?d THE
DEMOCRAT SIDE, TEXAS WAS A
STATE THAT EXPORTED DOLLARS,
AND SO uWHAT YOU HAVE SEEN FOR
THE FIRST TIME
THAT WE WERE IMPORTING DONORS.DN
SOMETHING
SOMETHING THAT MATTERS, IN O
O
O RESOURCES
O RESOURCES. THE REALITY IS TEXAS
IS A HUGE STATE.
IT IS LIKE FIVE STATES Ko
IT IS ,0■
IT IS LIKE FIVE STATES Ko IT IS ,0■NOT A MONOLITHIC STATE
SO, YOU HAVE TO FIND