Ali Velshi

And because the power was out in about 100 polling places, they needed to extend the voting in those polling places.

And that voting was extended for that very particular reason.

But tonight, what we are seeing to the conversation you all were having earlier is the first time that this 1985 law has been challenged directly in this way.

And yes, it is the Ken Paxton, the who is a candidate on the ballot.

Again, this doesn't affect them.

It's just about the Democrats.

They are weaponizing a law that has been on the books for 40 years to throw chaos into the what is happening in the Democratic Party.

The last point I'll make is this.

Um, there are a lot of votes out there.

No one's going to count their egg chickens before they hatch or their eggs, if you will.

Um, we have not heard from the, I've reached out to people within the Tallarico campaign.

They are not saying whether or not yet they are in of the belief that Jasmine Crockett is that we will not know tonight.

They are reserving their comments.

So if they have some comment, I'll come back.

I know Eugene is also talking to them.

Um, but I think that we are in a place now where, um,

Come tomorrow, there'll be some people that'll say, ah, Jasmine Crockett lost this race because of what Republicans did.

And then there'll be some people that say, oh, I think she just lost this race because she didn't run a good campaign.

Either way.

The narrative on this is now up in the air because of what the Republicans in Texas decided to do to play in the race.