Greg Casar

I think what we need to do is make sure we're targeting the real villains in the story.

Because there's a lot of people here in Texas who go, Greg, you might be more progressive or more liberal than me on this or that social issue.

But you care about making sure I can afford my house without having to work 10, 20 hours of overtime every single week?

You know what?

I'll be for you even if we may have our differences on this issue or that.

And that's the kind of coalition I think we need to be able to build.

I was always wary of the slogan, even in those times, because that meant that people didn't hear what I had to say next, which is, you know what?

What if we move our DNA labs out from under police departments and have them run scientifically?

What if some of the money that we are spending just throwing money at the police association and police unions, let's take some of that, set up domestic violence shelters so that people aren't having to call 911 over and over and over again because they can't get out of an abusive situation.

So I think we need to claim public safety and civil rights.

And I think we can't just abandon the movement for police reform.

But I do think that we've got to get people to understand beyond the slogans that we care about, not just civil rights.

We care about civil rights, but also their safety.

Here's what I think is so important, is that I think people need to know that we're going to put your interest as a working person first.

I knew, and I'll tell you a story from the Harris campaign specifically.

You know, I went out to Nevada to campaign for the vice president, who I was a strong supporter of in that election.

And it's when I knew we were very likely going to lose.

I went and sat in rooms with all these Latino voters.

So many people who said, look, I voted for Obama.

I voted for Clinton.