STATES SENATE IN TEXAS IN 2024. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT VIDEO OF TED CRUZ ON HIS WAY TO CANCUN SINCE THOSE DAYS WHEN HE GOT CAUGHT DOING THAT. I HAVE TO ASK YOU, WHAT DID YOU FEEL, WHAT WAS YOUR FEELING WHEN YOU SAW THAT VIDEO OF TED CRUZ LITERALLY FLEEING TO A VACATION IN CANCUN WHILE HIS CONSTITUENTS AND PEOPLE IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE SUFFERING? >> THANK YOU LAWRENCE, FIRST OF. CERTAINLY I THINK WE ARE ALL DISGUSTED IN TAXES. NO ONE EXPECTED TED CRUZ TO GET UP ON THE ELECTRIC CITY POLE AND FIX THINGS, BUT WE CERTAINLY EXPECTED HIM TO BE LIKE ALL OF US AND HUNKER DOWN AND TRIED TO HELP YOUR NEIGHBOR. WHEN A NURSING HOME CALLED ME IN MY OFFICE AND SAID WE'RE OUT OF WATER, WE FOUND A WALMART THAT WAS STILL OPEN, WE TOOK A PALETTE OF WATER SO THAT THE SENIORS WOULD HAVE DRINKING WATER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. EVERYBODY IN TEXAS TRIED TO HELP ONE ANOTHER, EXCEPT FOR TED CRUZ. HE TOOK OFF AND ABANDONED US ALL. >> IN YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO YOU MENTIONED BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION AND THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNING OF TEXAS. TELL OUR VIEWERS WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO THERE, THAT TEXAS VOTERS SHOULD ALSO KNOW ABOUT? >> WE CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ALL OF THIS TRAGIC SEARCH SITUATION WITH KEN PAXTON, OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE ALLEGATIONS OF SECURITY EXCHANGE FRAUD. HE IS STILL UNDER FEDERAL INDICTMENT, STATE INDICTMENT. HE IS UNDER AN IMPEACHMENT RIGHT NOW FOR MANY VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING BRIBERY AT ACCUSATIONS OF PAYOFFS. WE ARE IN THE SPACE RIGHT NOW, LAWRENCE, FOR TEXANS ARE HURTING. AND REPUBLICANS IN TEXAS SEEM TO CONGRATULATE THIS LIE THAT SOMEHOW WE ARE LIVING IN A TEXAS MIRACLE. THERE IS NOTHING MIRACULOUS ONE 800 PEOPLE DIE IN A WINTER STORM, THERE IS NOTHING MIRACULOUS 1:21, 19 CHILDREN AND TWO TEACHERS DIE WHILE 77 MINUTES LATER COPS FINALLY DECIDE TO GO IN. WE ARE BROKEN IN TEXAS, WE ARE BROKEN IN EVERY ISSUE THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE. WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT ARE THE LOWEST PAID IN THE COUNTRY, WOMEN WHO REALLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO IF THEY HAVE TO MAKE REPRODUCTIVE DECISIONS. WE HAVE PEOPLE ON THE MARGINS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY BEING ATTACKED AND SCAPEGOATED BY REPUBLICANS LIKE TED CRUZ. WE ARE IN DEEP TROUBLE BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE A REAL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT TRULY MATTER TO US. THAT IS WHAT I AIM TO DO IN THIS NEXT ELECTION. >> VIEWERS OF THE PROGRAM MET YOU IN OUR COVERAGE IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE MASS MURDER OF THOSE STUDENTS AT UVALDE AND TEACHERS. THE, AT THAT TIME THERE WERE NO REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS IN TEXAS WHO HAD COME ON THIS PROGRAM TO DISCUSS ANY OF WHAT HAPPENED IN UVALDE AND THAT IS STILL TRUE. WHAT IS THE LESSON THAT TEXANS SHOULD TAKE FROM THAT IN TERMS OF GOVERNMENTS? I KNOW THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT TO SAY ABOUT THE GRIEF AND PAIN AND RECOVERY THAT IS NECESSARY, THAT YOU HAVE PARTICIPATED IN, BUT THERE IS ALSO SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT GOVERNANCE IN THE WAY LEADING UP, DURING, AND AFTER THAT EVENT. >> LAWRENCE, YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT HOW I HAD TO VIEW HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF BODY CAM FOOTAGE AND I DID THAT BECAUSE I HAD TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. I HAD TO SEE HOW THESE COPS FAILED, HOW THE EMERGENCY SERVICES FAILED. I WAS TOLD BY ONE OF THESE LEADERS IN THE TEXAS CAPITAL. THEY SAID ROLAND, THERE IS A REASON WHY WE DON'T LOOK AT THE VIDEOS. COMPLETE NONSENSE. HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT ABOUT OUR JOB? YOU ARE AGGREGATING YOUR JOB WHEN IT COMES DOWN, YOU HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT FIXING WHAT IS BROKEN IN TEXAS AND IF YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES TO WHAT IS BROKEN LIKE TED CRUZ AND OTHERS HAVE YOU WILL NEVER TRULY BE ABLE TO SCRATCH AT THE SERVICE AS TO WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR SYSTEM IN TAXES, AND THERE IS A LOT WRONG. THERE IS WRONG IN OUR ELECTRICAL GRID, THERE IS WRONG IN OUR MEDICAL CARE SYSTEMS, WE ARE THE WORST IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN THE COUNTRY, WE ARE 45TH IN EDUCATION SPENDING AND PERFORMANCE IN THE COUNTRY, AND WE CAN AFFORD TO DO SO MUCH BETTER. PEOPLE NEED TO OPEN THEIR EYES AS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING AND >> HAVE REAL DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT IS AFFECTING THEIR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES, SO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK FOR TEXAS LIKE I ALWAYS HAVE. I'M THE SON OF IMMIGRA
