Texas and Georgia Enter a New Political Era
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[0:00] We're joined now by Lauren. She is the Texas political correspondent for The New York Times
[0:04] and by Tia Mitchell. She's the Washington bureau chief for The Atlanta Journal Constitution. I wanna
[0:10] talk to both of you about so many things. I think I wanna start with you
[0:14] because, of course, we have Keisha Lance Bottoms winning the gubernatorial race, becoming the first black
[0:18] women governor in the country. And I was going through your clips this morning, and I
[0:23] saw you wrote an article that last time Georgia had a political shift this big, some
[0:28] lawmakers decided to switch parties rather than fight the trend. What?
[0:35] Well, you know, I've... In the article, that was back when we had these conservative blue
[0:41] dog Democrats. Right. And as the Democratic Party shifted, on issues like civil rights, became more
[0:49] of a big tent, black representation in the Democratic Party increased, a lot of those conservatives
[0:55] felt that the party no longer represented them, and they switched to the Republican party. It
[1:01] also was convenient that that the Republican party was coming into power. So we're not expecting
[1:06] the same dynamic really because, you know, Republicans are pretty conservative. And it's one thing to
[1:12] wanna be in power, but it's another thing to switch to a political party that you
[1:16] really don't agree with. And that's what we have here. So... But now that Democrats are
[1:22] in control, they flipped the Georgia house, the question is, are there at least some issues
[1:27] where there will be Republicans, not nece