Matthew Dowd with Big News: Lt. Gov. Run, Future of Democracy in Texas

That Trippi Show

Joe Trippi

Politics, News Commentary, Government, News

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode of That Trippi Show, we make history. Our first repeat guest has big news: he's running for Lt. Governor in Texas! Matthew Dowd -- a former Republican, by the way -- has big plans to change the course of Texas' legislative powers. Democracy is the only way to stop the autocratic GOP, and the Democratic party is the vehicle we need to use to achieve it. Support Matthew's run here: https://www.dowdtexas.com/ Follow him on Twitter here https://twitter.com/matthewjdowd?s=20Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/that-trippi-show/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody it's Joe Trippy and welcome back to that Trippy show.
0:12.4	We have a lot to talk about today.
0:14.3	Big news, once again surrounding Texas.
0:17.6	If you know Texas, you know that the lieutenant governor
0:20.3	is just as powerful, in some cases even more powerful than the governor
0:24.9	controls the Senate in Texas and Dan Patrick who is so out there as a Trump
0:38.5	Trump publican I guess.
0:40.2	He makes Greg Abbott look like a want to be.
0:43.0	Seriously.
0:44.0	Was virtually unchallenged until this week when a serious Democrat entered the race.
0:50.0	That candidate is our friend Matthew Dowd who joins us fresh after its big announcement. Matthew, welcome.
0:58.0	Oh, great to be here. It's great to be here on day two of the Tell the Truth about Dan Patrick tour.
1:03.8	So that's got 404 more days of it.
1:06.6	So I'm happy to do it.
1:09.8	So how did the launch go?
1:11.7	By the way, I should point out your. So how did the launch go?
1:12.6	By the way, I should point out, you're a repeat guest on this show.
1:18.2	The first one ever.
1:19.8	Yeah, you were one of the earliest people on that trippy show. I've always admired just
1:29.6	your decency and your independent streak. your
1:33.7	independent streak, which I think this exudes
1:38.7	taxes in terms of that that that that independence that you have.
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