James Talarico

Many people, especially in Texas, we're hospitable.

We're the friendly state in Texas.

We'll give a neighbor the shirt off our back.

But we also have a right to know who's coming into our home.

We have a right to know why they're there and what their intentions are.

We can be both hospitable and keep everybody safe at the same time.

Our opponents don't want people to know that you can do both because they rely on using this issue of immigration to grandstand, to say that it's a choice between public safety and welcoming immigrants.

And the truth is that has always been a false choice throughout American history.

And we need leaders who are going to do both, secure the border and create a pathway to citizenship for the folks who have been here for a long time and who have been contributing to this country.

Yes.

And I will say that we already have a lot of voter suppression in Texas.

It's baked into our laws.

I've fought...

fiercely against many of those laws when they were coming through the legislature.

And Texas is one of the hardest places to vote in the country as a result.

It's why we see such low voter turnout in our state compared to other states.

We're going to have to overcome that.

We're going to have to out-organize, out-work, out-hustle that voter suppression if we're going to win.

And I'm worried about suppression on top of those systems, shenanigans being played, intimidation at polling places.

And it's why we have assembled a team of lawyers, including some volunteer lawyers, who are keeping a close eye on all of our elections and if there's funny business happening.