# Texas Democratic Wins and Plans to Lower Living Costs

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2117977833763176544
- Source account: [@ABC](https://x.com/ABC)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 2:09
- Published: 2026-11-05
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs) Just a sweeping win for Democrats across the board in Texas.

[0:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs?t=3) Your victory, the victory in the governor's race, other statewide races.

[0:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs?t=7) Just two years ago, Donald Trump won the state of Texas by 14 points.

[0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs?t=11) What determined the difference?

[0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs?t=14) Well, this was bigger than the Democratic Party or the Republican Party.

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs?t=18) Texans from all corners of our state demanded change, and now change is on the way.

[0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs?t=24) This election is about working people coming together across all the divisions in our politics to change this broken, corrupt political system, to get big money out of our politics, to unrig this economy, and unrig this government so it can actually work for all of us again.

[0:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs?t=41) The question is now how do you deliver on that promise of change, particularly on the cost of living?

[0:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs?t=48) Well, I wanna work with my Republican colleagues in the US Senate, with my Democratic colleagues.

[0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs?t=53) I wanna work with President Trump over these last two years of his term to deliver for working people in my state and across this country.

[1:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs?t=62) Uh, I, in the State House, uh, I worked with both parties to pass 60 bipartisan bills to lower people's costs, the cost of housing, the cost of childcare, the cost of prescription drugs, including insulin, and I wanna do that in the US Senate.

[1:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs?t=77) I think we could, uh, repeal these tariffs to lower grocery prices.

[1:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs?t=82) I think we could suspend the federal gas tax and the federal diesel tax to provide some relief at the pump.

[1:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs?t=88) And I hope that we can end this disastrous war in Iran so that we can bring down prices across the board.

[1:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs?t=93) Hard to see President Trump reversing on either the tariffs or the war with Iran.

[1:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs?t=97) How will you convince him? Well, I think the people of this country, uh, may have convinced him last night.

[1:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs?t=104) Uh, they delivered a resounding message that they want the President, they want both parties in Congress to focus on them, to focus on making their lives easier and better and less stressful.

[1:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs?t=116) And that's not a Democratic thing or a Republican thing.

[1:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs?t=118) That is just good government, and I think that's what the people of Texas demanded last night.

[2:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/CapZq2YpRTha/en/texas-democratic-wins-and-plans-to-lower-living-costs?t=123) And I, and I heard them, our campaign heard them, and now the world hears them.