where i think you ve got a significant number of trump voters where you could tap into that i think as a republican with less of a risk of the sort of backlash potential you have in some of these more swingish house seats that are out there. shawna thomas, you re our texan here at the table. yes. houston native. yes. born and raised. beto. he s a phenomenon outside of texas and i guess we re trying to figure out is he a real phenomenon inside of texas. i think so. i think the interesting thing is and i believe abby livingston wrote about this recently, about seeing lots of signs. yard signs for beto outside of texas. so there s something coalescing around him and he also would be the best example if he were to win of turning something blue because of donald trump. the only thing beto has done and we ve covered him a lot in vice news, he has gone to a lot of little towns that democrats, and this is pre-primary, a lot of little towns democrats in texas