Summary: <p>The Left in Texas crew sat down with political consultant <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Trippi">Joe Trippi</a> </strong>at Tamale House East. You may know him from CNN or his latest victory with Doug Jones in Alabama. We discuss how <strong>Beto O'Rourke</strong>, like Jones, is a different type of candidate with the potential to bring folks into the Democratic Party. We talk what worked in Alabama and how a new movement among the youth could be a boon for progressives. </p><br> <p>Other topics we covered: <br><strong>Guns:<br></strong>Trump calls for Arming teachers, ending bump stocks.<br>Texas school district <a href="https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/education/article/Houston-area-school-district-threatens-to-suspend-12629925.php">threatens</a> to suspend students who protest after Parkland, Florida shooting<br><span class="s1">Amarillo PD <a href="https://m.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Texas-police-shoot-man-who-disarmed-possible-12704202.php?utm_source=email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Chron_morning%2520headlines">shoots student</a> who took fun from man who held 100 hostages in church same night as Florida school shooting</span></p><br> <p class="p1"><strong>Democrat voting is way up:<br></strong><a href="https://apps.texastribune.org/texas-elections-2018-primary-early-voting/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=1519396685">Major gains</a> in big counties but Texas still lagging behind in civic participation<br>Texas <a href="http://kxan.com/2018/02/18/state-of-texas-study-finds-civic-participation-is-a-problem-for-texans/">ranked</a> 47th in the nation in voter turnout and 44th in voter registration </p><br> <p class="p1"><strong>Political indiscretions:</strong><br>Carlos Uresti convicted multiple felony counts, colleagues call for resignation<br>Mi Gov. indicted with invasion of privacy</p>
