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So... So...

In City... So in city, in Democrat city politics over the last 50 years, there have been power shifts in who the boss is.

But there has never been a boss in 50 years who had the consolidated power that Rodney Ellis does.

Not even close.

There's been, you know, a big donor over here.

There's been a former congressman or former state rep who had some influence over here.

You know, Ben Reyes had some influence on the East east end but even that was always challenged you had

jean green who kind of had you know labor and some Hispanic ben reyes who had kind of the more

activist Hispanic and Sheila was trying to create a black-brown coalition, and she had her folks.

And each of them could gather together and help get a candidate across the finish line.

But they didn't stack bureaucracies from top to bottom with their hand-picked choices.

They didn't have outside plaintiff's attorneys from Beaumont and Port Arthur that would come

in and spend a fortune.

They didn't have the strategy and the constant consistency that Rodney does.

Now, some of you folks struggle to understand this, so I'm going to say it yet again.

If I tell you, for instance, that Simone Biles at her peak was really good in gymnastics,

that does not mean that I think that her comments about Riley Gaines were accurate.

I think they're despicable.

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