Well, howdy there, internet people, it's Bell again. So today, we're going to talk about a Texas

congressperson setting the example. As Republicans in Texas pushed to gerrymander their state

to hang on to the past, one Texas Democrat is moving things toward the future.

Democratic Congressman Lloyd Doggett,

who has been in Texas politics since the 1970s,

and has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas since 1995,

has announced that if gerrymandered maps withstand legal challenges,

he will not run for re-election. We can't comment on any personal reasons the representative

may have for stepping aside. He's 78 years old. What we can tell you is that this is a smart move politically. With Doggett bowing out,

it avoids a situation where Democrats in Austin have to fight it out in a primary. This would be

especially damaging, not just because of the normal reasons. The primary would be between Doggett and Representative Greg

Casar. He's 36, much newer to politics, and has a more populist framing. A primary between

these two would have been vicious, because it would have likely been seen as a surrogate battle

between establishment Democrats and

upstart Democrats. Instead of dividing, Doggett chose to bow out, unite, and pass the torch.

Doggett said in a statement, quote, I prefer to devote the coming months to fighting Trump tyranny and serving Austin,

rather than waging a struggle with fellow Democrats.

Now, my personal opinion is that Qasar stood a really good chance of winning in the new gerrymandered district.

This is one of the districts that Republicans built believing they would hold on to the

Latino voters they picked up. Now that Trump's immigration policies are not what was advertised

during the election, and that he's ordered the vetting of all current visa holders, their support

is probably not as secure as it once was. That, combined with an

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