Beto O’Rourke will run against anti-LGBTQ extremist to be governor of Texas

LGBTQ ally and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) has announced that he’s running for governor of Texas, challenging anti-LGBTQ extremist Gov. Greg Abbott (R).

“Together, we can push past the small and divisive politics that we see in Texas today — and get back to the big, bold vision that used to define Texas,” he tweeted earlier today with a video announcing his gubernatorial run. “A Texas big enough for all of us.”

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The video focuses on Texas’s electrical grid and the winter storm earlier this year that left much of the state without power or heating.

“When the electricity grid failed – and those in power failed all of us – it was the people of Texas who were willing to put their differences behind them and get to work doing the job at hand,” O’Rourke said. “We did this out of a sense of duty and responsibility to one another.”

“Now imagine if the governor of Texas felt that same way.”

O’Rourke served in the U.S. House from 2013 to 2019 and then left the House to run for Senate, almost beating Sen. Ted Cruz (R) and getting national attention for being the Democrat to get the most votes in a midterm election ever in Texas.

He then ran for president, but suspended his campaign before the primaries and endorsed President Joe Biden.

Throughout his career, he has been a supporter of LGBTQ rights, getting scores of 100 for two congressional sessions on HRC’s Congressional Scorecard and 85 in another.

He called marriage equality

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