Johnny Garcia, Democrat running for Congress, says Republican voters are "fed up" with GOP policies
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[0:01] Welcome back to ticket. On paper and on
[0:03] computer screens, the approach was
[0:04] simple. Texas Republicans redrrew
[0:07] congressional districts to gain five new
[0:09] seats that at the behest of President
[0:11] Trump. Reality has slowed that approach.
[0:14] What the GOP will gain in the midterms?
[0:17] Well, now it's kind of an open question.
[0:18] Case in point, Texas's 35th
[0:21] congressional district, home to San
[0:22] Antonio suburbs and other areas,
[0:25] currently represented by a Democrat, but
[0:27] it was redrawn to benefit Republicans.
[0:28] And that Democrat now running in a
[0:30] district, different district. Joining me
[0:32] now is a Democratic candidate in the
[0:33] 35th, Johnny Garcia. Johnny, I've never
[0:36] met anyone in politics who doesn't tell
[0:37] me they're going to win. I know you're
[0:39] going to tell me you're going to win.
[0:40] What I want to know is what is your
[0:43] coalition, a victorious coalition look
[0:45] like, and how many disaffected
[0:47] Republicans are in it?
[0:51] >> Yeah, Major, thanks for for having me
[0:53] on. Look, y'all referenced a very
[0:55] telling number in the blocks le