Texas cast more than a million votes this week. While traditionally deep red, the Democratic party there says that turnout is only one of several promising signs the state could go blue for the first time since Jimmy Carter in 1976. Former Texas Congressman and former 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate, Beto O'Rourke joins Katy Tur to discuss. Aired on 10/16/2020.
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Beto O’Rourke: Texas Voting Surge ‘A Good Sign For Texas Democrats’ | Katy Tur | MSNBC
Criminal Indictments by Administration
Donald Trump (so far) — 215
Richard Nixon — 76
George W. Bush — 16
Bill Clinton — 2
Jimmy Carter — 1
Barack Obama — 0
@brainchild your name should be dumbchild. Indictment does not mean you are guilty. Go read a book.
@Keith Johnson – Shelby GT500 sourcing Fox “news” says it all…
@scott Phipps – and the Income Gap between the 1% and the rest of us, grew to its widest point since the 1920s under 8 years of Barack Obama.
Obama made the Rich, Richer, because that’s what Liberalism does, and why they Donate so much to the Political Campaigns of Democrats
Anddddd that has no affect on how I eat, sleep or get paid,soooooo 🤷🏻♂️
@sunny daydim day?
WELL DONE EVERYONE. VOTE FOR BIDEN-HARRIS. VOTE IN PERSON, IF YOU CAN AND VOTE IN EARLY VOTING. Don’t trust the polls and the postmaster. Stay safe and stay well. Thanks. I am Texan and I VOTED BLUE ALL THE WAY.
@Jeff Gibson Alert! Be aware! A bot troll thingie waste-of-space here.
You sound like a very wise Texan Cort.
@Jeff Gibson just apply disinfectant after voting. Don’t touch your face before that. Wear masks and keep social distance. Stay safe and healthy.
Here, vote for a real racist https://youtu.be/jPUFwmZN9eo
@Freedom Life What do I care? I’m immune.
The only way to cure ‘Cancer’, is to cut it out. Gov. Abbott is ‘Cancer’!
@Allan Burns nah..pence will prob pardon him so he will only do state prison..that’s rikers in N.Y. tho right? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@E Hole Cornyn +8.
*Why Joe Biden’s ‘Tax The Rich’ Plan Is The Wrong Path For Spending Boosts, Despite The $400,000-Earner Pledge*
Sept 6, 2020
*Joe Biden has promised a vast array of new spending — not, perhaps, as much as Bernie Sanders had, but enough for Sanders to praise him as having “a chance to be the most progressive president since FDR.” His spending plans total $6 trillion over 10 years according to Marc Joffe writing at The Hill, or as much as $8 trillion according to the calculations of James Capretta at AEI. The new spending includes $2.0 trillion in new healthcare spending such as increased ACA/Obamacare subsidies, a “public option,” and Medicare eligibility at age 60; $1.7 trillion in “Green New Deal” spending; $1.6 trillion in new education spending across all levels; $0.5 trillion in paid leave benefits; $0.5 trillion in Social Security spending, and more. It all adds up.*
And Biden has promised an array of new taxes, which the Tax Foundation estimates totalling up to $3.8 trillion over 10 years, and the Tax Policy Center calculates at $4.0 trillion. As Capretta summarizes:
“He would: push the corporate tax rate up from 21 to 28 percent; apply the combined employer-employee Social Security payroll tax rate of 12.4 percent to all earnings above $400,000 annually; increase the top income tax rate to 39.6 percent immediately, up from 37.0 percent today; tax capital gains as ordinary income; phase out passthrough business income deductions for households with total incomes over $400,000 annually; impose new taxes on pharmaceutical manufacturers, banks, and real estate companies; and impose many other smaller tax hike provisions.”
At the same time, Biden has pledged that under no circumstances will taxpayers with incomes under $400,000 pay more in taxes — and the campaign insists that this pledge is so “ironclad” that any provision that would otherwise impact them, will be adjusted to “hold harmless those below $400,000.”
This simply isn’t reasonable. Irrespective of one’s opinions on how expansive government spending should be, it is simply not responsible to promise that “the rich” can pay for everything we want.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2020/09/06/why-joe-bidens-tax-the-rich-plan-is-the-wrong-path-for-spending-boosts-despite-the-400000-earner-pledge/#40530f3c315c
@Keith Johnson – Shelby GT500 I am sure voter will go to Joe Biden’s election website to read their policies. No needs to twist their facts.
https://youtu.be/jPUFwmZN9eo
Don’t mess with Texas. Somebody needs to remind the governor and the GOP of the state mantra.
Good one Real Talk.
@Helen Taylor wish more people like you to think for themselves. Research the policy and character of the person they are voting. Very well said, Helen.
Don’t mess with Texas is their mantra for everyone other than right wing republicans… they can mess with any / all of it as long as it benefits them …. hypocrites… and I am a Texan, living in Texas !!!
Here’s their mantra https://youtu.be/jPUFwmZN9eo
We will this election cycle. They can’t take votes for granted while catering to fringe extremes.
Those sneaky Republicans – Texas Governor Greg Abbott is taking out and limiting official ballot drop boxes while the GOP in California is put up illegal ballot drop boxes and refusing to take them down.
@Traitorhater, Get a rope Of course the Democrats do it all the time don’t they!! (sarcastic)……
Republican really knows how to play dirty. Just don’t let them to fool you. Vote early and vote in person. It’s worth the wait.
@Jeff Gibson Aren’t you funny. Why do people want to blame everything on the democrats instead of taking responsibility for their own actions?
@birdlynn hubbard Just remember these don’t represent all Republicans. Many of them were blindsided by the slow takeover of the party. United we stand.
@Colin Luckens Governor Pat Brown (Jerry’s father) and LBJ started flooding the southwest with immigrants in the 1960’s and almost every state has flipped blue. Until Trump came along.
Let us get out and VOTE in GREAT NUMBERS for BIDEN/HARRIS so there is NO QUESTION as to who is the clear WINNER!
Yes, because Trump already said the supreme Court will have to decide. Why he pushed for this unqualified supreme Court judge
@Maria Paris Why is she unqualified?
@Luke Skywalker she’s only been a judge for 3 years. She really doesn’t have the experience for the job.
@Luke Skywalker — She’s been a judge for the sum total of three years. That’s not what you want in a judge on the highest court of the country.
end the reign of terror & division; unite the country, VOTE BIDEN/ HARRIS. VOTE BLUE!
Yes Michigan Wolverines but vote Trump/Pence vote Biden for Senate he said 3 Times noe
@Eric Klaus , SORRY PARTNER BUT YOU NEED TO FALL BACK, MICHIGAN WILL BE GOING BLUE FOR BIDEN. 😶😶🙄 I KNOW. THAT THE RACIST WHITE SUPREMACIST MILITIA GROUP WOLVERINES WILL VOTE FOR TRUMP.
@Elliott Bethea And so will Taliban that endorsed Trump. SO Wolverines are in good company!
No one wants to vote for one of the four hosemen of the apocalypse, the plague rat in chief.
I was going to correct you to “horsemen,” but actually “hose-men” suits Trump well.
This Texas Catholic women has voted for Biden!!
@Adorable Deplorable Oracle I’m not voting for Trump because he broke the record on deficit spending. There is nothing remotely fiscally conservative about the guy. This is in addition to him being a horrible example of ethics and personal behavior. When you pump liquidity into the market non-stop it looks great on paper as far as market measures. What you actually get is inflation, which is the worst tax of all unless you are wealthy and we’ll hedged. I’m pretty well off myself, but voting for Trump just because of that is against my principles.
@Keith Johnson – Shelby GT500 Trump has cost the country more in his incompetent handling of the current pandemic. Throw in the money Trump stole from the veterans charity, the military, and the cost of all his golf trips to his own resort, the lawyers fees for his criminal activities in and out of office, the illegal expenditures for his campaign activities in the White house, the use of the Whitehouse to advertize his business and sell Ivanka’s products, the give away of public lands/resources and military equipment and information and your inventory of what you think Biden is planning still has room to grow.
@King OfTroy What are you on about? You make no sense at all.
@King OfTroy Just the one on his own citizens.
@Colin Dimech a guy with a cat😬 thats all I need to know about u🙄 to know ur a beta
If these trends are accurate, the Blue Tsunami is gonna DROWN the GOP. 😁😈
If we all vote. Voting is the poll that counts.
Lets bring Ronald Reagan moment back we in disgusting era vote blue all the way down Biden/Harris 2020 tx
Texans aren’t stupid trump!!! Vote blue.
@Kristoff Gerhardt sorry to say we’re just lazy about voting.
Mmm.I will believe it when it happens…there’s a lot of young lazy ppl..ALOT…Bernie relied on them and they were at home playing video games….useless
https://youtu.be/jPUFwmZN9eo
texas has no southern backbone
Corruption headquarters!
https://youtu.be/KFVMttEyLZs
Don’t let Trump steal your election, civil rights, and country! VOTE FOR BIDEN!
@Alexander Angelo lol we will see. I have no problem being able to deal with politicians letting the people down. I I’m used to it. I think all the president’s should be put on trial for any crimes that they commit while in office. Just to keep them honest…
Steal this https://youtu.be/jPUFwmZN9eo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqPltMpWIwo
@Alexander Angelo I agree with that to a certain extent. It also has to do with bad management, policies and more. California already has a high tax, a state tax, and a big population, so imagine what it’s going to take to bring the state back. Right now they’re dealing with a lot of homelessness, feces needles Etc all over certain areas. That has to do with California government leaders decisions. Texas has high property taxes but yet we’re still able to afford what we need and more!. We have no state tax which helps also. Why haven’t they fixed that? Because they’re already in so much debt they can’t afford it. That’s why they haven’t passed Medicare for all in that state because they already know it will double or triple their debt. It has a lot more to do then just taxes. Try looking at the policies that failed California! Example : That Governor spent 5.4 BILLION on a bullet train that never got done! It’s still uncompleted! A waste of BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, that could’ve helped somewhere else! And that’s just one example off the top of my head.
@DON JOHN you losers never learned to deal with it. its been one criminal democrat act after another, following the presidents election in 2016. this president has done more for working people than any president in my lifetime. have you bothered to read USMCA. do you have any idea how thoroughly USMCA destroys NAFTA. i know the media you follow don’t report on USMCA. but you can still find copies online. there are even a couple of decent summaries comparing USMCA to NAFTA. it’s incredible what the president has done to help working people. and he’s implemented great policies across the board. but nothing sums it up better than USMCA. you read that, and you’ll never even think of voting democrat again.
How can you people in Texas vote for the biggest loser this country as ever had. TRUMP OUT PERIOD..
Texas is a different country!
this texan voted blue baby and so did my family
Vote the racist in https://youtu.be/jPUFwmZN9eo
I am a Texan voted for Hillary and just voted for Biden in early voting this week. There are more of us you than you think. I still have “PTSD” from 2016 election night.
@k taylor lol not many more. Just the delusional.
I have HOPE!!
Please fellow Americans Vote Biden
We can do Better and be BETTER
biden says hes running for the senate and says you can only reelect Trump
Vote for Biden and Son. Support China Crack Pipe Industry.
@Jim S https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJ5Vn6mN/
Vote for Biden !
A fan of the N wordhttps://youtu.be/jPUFwmZN9eo
It is insane how we casually talk about a U.S. president planning on stealing an election as something we just have to put up with. This is what third-world countries do. The U.S. has fallen far and fast, and very little of this is Donald Trump’s fault. He has merely been the catalyst that has brought the enablers into the light.
Very clearly stated. It’s the people he represent and GOP enabled him. So vote them all out. I am sure majority of American are decent caring people, not a racist.
Seriously!!! Biden & Harris 100%
@Freedom Life Murdoch’s Media Empire has been very helpful too
I hope America can make me proud again, and vote for Biden. “AMERICA, MAKE ME PROUD AGAIN!”
Exactly, I think that is what we all are feeling, well, most of us anyhow. We want that proud feeling again, safe feeling where we can wake up and feel the hope of a country with good will, a president who believes in us all and unifies us all. That is the right direction, we want to feel we are on the right course again, finding our way back home. Vote Blue, all the way, Team America!
Joe Biden is more confused than Michael Obama’s Gynecologists. MSNBC fact checkers confirmed.
“MAPA”
@Joseph Larry bradley is foreign and has no content in his channel.
Gov Abbott: “Only one location per county!”
Texans: “Nah.”
Gov Abbott: “I’m not gonna let you all vote!!!”
Texans: “uh, NAH!”
Ro G You could add to that, Mr Abbott we’ll have that in mind in 2022. We Texans don’t forget!!
Hope Texans will vote him out when his turn is up. Can’t believe people will take the suppression.
https://youtu.be/jPUFwmZN9eo
VOTE HIM OUT!!! BLUE WAVE!!! A mask, face shield, and a chair is all that is needed to VOTE IN PERSON! LET’S DO LET’S DO IT!!! #BidenHarris2020🌊🌊🌊💙🌹🦋🇺🇸
This Arizonan voted for Biden/Harris all-the-way!!! GO VOTE!!!
So u like abortion and illegals got it 👍
I read that in Texas you are not allowed to vote all the way down the ticket. Glad that Arizona allows it!