Can Beto flip Texas?

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🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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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. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Beto or Rorke.
0:02.0	Failed Senate candidate?
0:04.0	Senator Cruz is not going to be honest with you.
0:06.0	He's going to make up positions and votes that I've never held or have ever taken.
0:11.0	He's dishonest.
0:12.0	It's why the president called him lying Ted,
0:14.0	and it's why the nickname stuck because it's true.
0:17.0	Failed presidential candidate?
0:19.0	Our daughter Molly turned 11 this week.
0:22.0	I'm on this stage for her, for children across this country,
0:26.0	including some her same age who've been separated from their parents
0:29.0	and are sleeping on concrete floors under aluminum blankets tonight.
0:33.0	Future failed gubernatorial candidate?
0:35.0	That one remains to be seen, of course.
0:38.0	But a lot of people think Beto's got a chance.
0:40.0	More of a chance than anyone's had in a long, long time.
0:43.0	His competition, Governor Greg Abbott,
0:45.0	is about as divisive as they come, but still.
0:49.0	Can Beto really flip Texas?
0:52.0	That's today's splint.
0:55.0	Today.
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