Thread by @wesrap

NOW: @RoyceWestTX & @mjhegar appearing on @MSNBC.
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Why is @RoyceWestTX best person to challenge @JohnCornyn in November?
West says ability to bring people together. Points to his record & endorsements.
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"Gotta have person who can bring people together," @RoyceWestTX says, pointing to diverse endorsements, which include (nearly?) all of the other candidates who ran for Senate but lost in the primary.

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Top priorities for @RoyceWestTX? "All of the above." Coronavirus, systemic racism, police reform.

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We need to have one law in this country of when a police officer can raise a weapon and shoot someone, @RoyceWestTX says on @MSNBC.
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Given skyrocketing #COVID19 cases, does TX need to shut down? @RoyceWestTX says healthcare needs to also be a top priority. TX highest uninsured rate-Need to expand medicaid. I think we opened too early, he says. Need to rely on local officials to make good choices
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Interview with @mjhegar supposed to follow, but there are apparently issues with camera signal. More to come...

Camera is back. On why she's best to take on @JohnCornyn, @mjhegar says TX needs ppl with right experience. We have a lot of career politicians that are more DC than TX, Hegar tells @MSNBC.

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Points to "healthcare crisis" of uninsured Texans even before coronavirus pandemic.
On endorsements, only endorsements that matter are the voters, @mjhegar says.
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My values have been mis-characterized by opponents, she says. Lies turn off electorate, @mjhegar says. Important to get healthcare reform, get kids out of cages, gun reform, she says.

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I want to open TX, @mjhegar says about state's economy.
Convo not happening relates to testing and contact tracing. Masking important but not AS important, she says.

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Any model senators? @MJHegar says @SenGillibrand is one. @ewarren and @tammyforIL are others.

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