Power Crisis Challenged But Didnât Quash âTexitâ Idea By Sabra Ayres Texas
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TEXAS â Last month, the Lone Star Stateâs go-it-alone bravado was challenged when the stateâs independent power grid failed during an unusually cold winter storm, leaving millions without power, heat, and water. More than 70 deaths have been linked to the storm, and tens of thousands of Texans are still without running water, three weeks after the snow melted.
One would think Gov. Greg Abbottâs request for help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency would be enough of a humbling to quash any notion of Texasâ ability to break off from the United States, a call that has now become a nearly annual event.
and to your point about beto tonight, you have these duelling rallies. so the president being in el paso, he s essentially gifting beto o rourke a stage and a microphone and a prime time audience on a cable news split screen. do you think the president is giving him a political gift here and who do you think comes out on top? it s granting him, if he decides to run, it s a campaign contribution to beto o rourke. i think coming out on top, beto o rourke is probably going to get just as much coverage as donald trump does. and beto o rourke is nationally more popular than donald trump. i think the outcome is not a true strategic thought on the behalf of the trump candidacy, but more so a failure again of sort of a strategic mind set on behalf of this administration. we ll be watching both of these men this evening. todd curry, thank you so much. and we ve got break iing ne
geographically, texas, it won t work. with me now, todd curry, an assistant professor of political science at university of texas at el paso. so professor, welcome. and wechted to talk to you wauf this quote of yours. trump s trip to el paso is the equivalent you said of a criminal returning to the scene of the crime. what did you mean by that? well, trump s most notorious policies regarding immigration started here in el paso. or family separation, the torneo, all of these occurred here in el paso. so your point being you re calling those crimes and referring to trump. not necessarily calling them crimes. what i m in essence saying is that when trump is showing back up here, he s bringing back up these certain occurrences that