In an interview on MS NOW, Talarico says that means showing up and listening, and that he learned on the campaign trail that Harris County is the deadliest place in the country for a Black woman to give birth. Asked how to overcome redistricting and the interviewer's point that Tarrant County just cut 92 polling sites, he says his campaign is going door to door and calling and texting every Black voter. "Voter suppression is powerful," he says, but outside money can't compare to "people power."
The receipt
- Who
- James Talarico
- Where
- interview - MS NOW, "The Deciding Vote"
- Original footage
- MS NOW · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 58 seconds, unedited within the cut
- Plays
- 130 on Instagram
Read the transcript
I'm treating black voters as swing voters and that means showing up, it means listening. You know I learned on the campaign trail that Harris County is the deadliest place for a black woman to give birth in the entire country. By being out in the community I'm learning about the issues the community faces and then I'm able to work on policy ideas and solutions with the community that can address those concerns. Tarant County just cut 92 polling sites. There's a redistricting. How do you overcome those things when there are clear attacks on black turnout? What does that actually look like? Yeah, it's our organizing program. It's going door to door. It's calling every black voter, texting every black voter, so they know how to overcome this voter suppression. Voter suppression is powerful. I don't want to sugarcoat it. Big money is powerful. And they're flooding this state with all kinds of outside money. but none of that can compare to people power. I'm putting my faith in people power every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.