Beto: A Biden win could put Texas Dems in control of congressional map
March 3, 2020
Beto O’Rourke said Tuesday that nominating Joe Biden for president could be key for Democrats trying to redraw Texas’ congressional map for years to come.
Listing his three reasons for endorsing the former vice president, O’Rourke asserted that Biden could defeat President Donald Trump in a general election, charged that Biden is best-poised to accomplish Democrats’ ambitious policy agenda, and suggested Biden’s presence at the top of the ticket could help wrest control of the Texas state Legislature from Republicans.
“Here in Texas, we are but nine seats from claiming a majority in the state House for the first time in 20 years,” O’Rourke, a former Texas congressman, told the hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
“And if we do that in a census year, when we redraw the political boundaries in the state, we will no longer have the racist gerrymandering that has made us the lowest voter turnout state in the country,” O’Rourke continued. “And we’ll be able to start moving forward on things that we care about: ending gun violence; expanding Medicaid and access to health care; making sure that this state leads the way in confronting climate change.”
O’Rourke was one of three former Democratic White House contenders to throw their support behind Biden’s campaign Monday, along with former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
The trio of high-profile endorsements is intended to help consolidate the party’s moderate wing against Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) as voters head to the polls for the Super Tuesday nominating contests.
Source: https://www.politico.com/
