This is Beto O'Rourke and I'm running for governor in Texas.

I don't know that there's a more important moment, in a more important
place than what's happening in Texas today.

[ [link removed] ]Please split a contribution between the PCCC and my campaign right now.
It’ll help make sure that we have the resources to reach the voters who
are going to decide the outcome of the most important governor's race in
America.

It was 19 months ago when the power grid -- which Greg Abbott had been
warned about -- absolutely failed us. The lights went out, the heat
stopped running, and the water stopped flowing because it was frozen in
the pipes for millions of Texans. More than 700 people died -- of
hypothermia, carbon monoxide poisoning in their garages, and burning up in
their homes as they set fire to their furniture trying to keep their kids
warm.

During this crisis, Abbott pegged the price of electricity at its highest
allowable rate for days and gas soon started trading at 200 times what it
had sold for before. Abbott's biggest campaign contributors ended up
making billions of dollars over the course of those five days. The kicker
is that after all that happened, the grid is still not fixed, and we are
all paying higher electricity and utility bills as a result.

This governor failed the most basic job of government, to keep the lights
on in the energy capital of the world. Add to that, we now lead the nation
in the number of school shootings, and gun violence is now the leading
cause of death for kids and teenagers in the state of Texas.

This week marks 22 weeks since 19 kids and their two amazing teachers were
killed in their classrooms by an 18-year-old who could legally buy not one
but two AR-15s and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. Five of the worst
mass shootings in U.S. history have happened in the last five years, and
the only thing that Abbott has done is make it easier for people who
shouldn't have a weapon to buy a gun and carry them openly on our streets.

What may be most galvanizing for millions in this state is the extreme
abortion ban that Abbott signed into law that just went into effect in
August. It begins at conception with no exception for rape or incest. This
is happening in a state that leads the country in this crisis of maternal
mortality that is three times as deadly for Black women. We absolutely
know this is going to cause more suffering and death in the state of
Texas.

The challenges we face today are the greatest in living memory. But the
way that Texans are responding is incredibly inspiring and fills me with
optimism and a lot of confidence that we're going to win this fight on
November 8th.

People are not accepting this, they're not submitting to it, and they're
not succumbing to the temptation to despair. They're taking action and
they're showing up.

[ [link removed] ]Will you join our growing effort to win this election, overcome these
challenges, and get Texas on the right track by splitting a $3 donation
today between the PCCC and my campaign? I need you with us.

Thank you,

-- Beto

 

 

 

 


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