I honestly thought Democrats were going to have a better night than they did, but when

I did see the voter turnout coming in, I was extremely reluctant to say this is for sure

good for Democrats.

I asked people on the ground, what do you see?

What do you hear?

And everyone just tells me how the rural areas were blanketed with Trump, enthusiasm, barns

painted, signs everywhere.

And I mean, it is a, you get past those cities and it just drops really quickly into Republican

territory.

Hello, and welcome to Wise is happening with me, your host, Chris Hayes.

I'm back in the podcast closet because why am I here?

I don't know.

It's, um, maybe because all of us are starting to feel a little March, April vibes right

now.

And by vibes, I mean, like terror and anxiety as the COVID cases shoot up around the country.

That's not the topic of today's podcast.

So if you want to take your mind off that, then keep your ear holes plugged right here.

Instead, we're going to talk about another sort of depressing topic.

You know how I do, which is the great state of Texas.

Now, Texas is not depressing because Texas is an amazing, amazing place.

It's so interesting.

It's so unlike any other state in the union.

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