At a post-election rally, James Talarico says Texas Democrats ended "the longest losing streak in American politics" and beat "the richest man in the world." He says they flipped the state house and state board of education, elected four new Texas Supreme Court justices, won 55% of the vote, and that Democrats have now elected 55 senators nationwide.
The receipt
- Who
- James Talarico
- Where
- rally - post-election speech after Texas Senate victory
- Original footage
- DRM News · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 57 seconds, unedited within the cut
- Plays
- 157 on Instagram
Read the transcript
We won big we We ended We ended the longest losing streak in American politics and we did it by double digits We went up against the richest man in the world and we won and we And we didn't just win this see we won all the way down the ballot We swept every statewide office in Texas We flipped the state house and the state board of education, and we elected four new members of the Texas Supreme Court. It was a win, it was a win the size of Texas. And now we have a mandate the size of Texas. We won 55 % of the vote in our state, and as of yesterday we've elected 55 senators in our country.
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