Greg Abbott failed

[A Message from Beto O'Rourke]( Dear {NAME}, I don't know that there's a more important moment, in a more important place than what's happening in Texas today. [Please split a contribution between Defend the Vote and my campaign right now. It’ll help make sure that we have the resources to reach the voters who are going to decide the outcome of the most important governor's race in America.]( [DONATE $5 TO ELECT BETO O'ROURKE ➞]( It was 19 months ago when the power grid — which Greg Abbott had been warned about — absolutely failed us. The lights went out, the heat stopped running, and the water stopped flowing because it was frozen in the pipes for millions of Texans. More than 700 people died — of hypothermia, carbon monoxide poisoning in their garages, and burning up in their homes as they set fire to their furniture trying to keep their kids warm. During this crisis, Abbott pegged the price of electricity at its highest allowable rate for days and gas soon started trading at 200 times what it had sold for before. [Abbott's biggest campaign contributors ended up making billions of dollars over the course of those five days.]( The kicker is that after all that happened, the grid is still not fixed, and we are all paying higher electricity and utility bills as a result. This governor failed the most basic job of government, to keep the lights on in the energy capital of the world. Add to that that we now lead the nation in the number of school shootings, and that gun violence is now the leading cause of death for kids and teenagers in the state of Texas. This week marks 22 weeks since 19 kids and their two amazing teachers were killed in their classrooms by an 18-year-old who could legally buy not one but two AR-15s and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. Five of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history have happened in the last five years, and the only thing that Abbott has done is make it easier for people who shouldn't have a weapon to buy a gun and carry them openly on our streets. What may be most galvanizing for millions in this state is the extreme abortion ban that Abbott signed into law that just went into effect in August. It begins at conception with no exception for rape or incest. This is happening in a state that leads the country in this crisis of maternal mortality that is three times as deadly for Black women. We absolutely know this is going to cause more suffering and death in the state of Texas. The challenges we face today are the greatest in living memory. [But the way that Texans are responding is incredibly inspiring and fills me with optimism and a lot of confidence that we're going to win this fight on November 8th.]( People are not accepting this, they're not submitting to it, and they're not succumbing to the temptation to despair. They're taking action and they're showing up. [Will you join our growing effort to win this election, overcome these challenges, and get Texas on the right track by splitting a $5 donation today between Defend the Vote and my campaign? I need you with us.]( [DONATE $5 NOW ➞]( [DONATE $25 NOW ➞]( [DONATE $50 NOW ➞]( [DONATE $100 NOW ➞]( [DONATE $250 NOW ➞]( [DONATE ANOTHER AMOUNT ➞]( Thank you, Beto This message was sent to: [{EMAIL}](#) [Click here to receive fewer emails.]( | [Click here to unsubscribe.]( [Defend the Vote]( Thank you for supporting Defend the Vote. Our work has NEVER been more important… [Joe Biden: Let the people vote; Stacey Abrams: They want us to be silenced.; Raphael Warnock: We are witnessing right now, a massive and unabashed assault on voting rights. Amy Klobuchar: We should be making it easier, not harder to vote.; Hillary Clinton: Voting is the most precious right of every citizen.]( [DONATE $5 TO DEFEND OUR VOTE >>]( Voting rights are under attack right now in this country. Our entire team has dedicated themselves to fighting the barriers that prevent Americans from reaching the ballot box. But our work is expensive and difficult. Republicans are determined to STOP us from voting. [DONATE $5 TO DEFEND OUR VOTE >>]( So we need you to join our fight. And that fight begins with our emails. Email is the BEST way we can communicate our mission and victories to you. We rely on grassroots Democrats from every corner of the country to fuel our campaign. So if you support our work to defend our right to vote, [please click here to donate >>]( We know it can be overwhelming sometimes to receive so many emails. So if you’d like to receive only our most urgent emails, you can [click here]( to receive fewer emails. If you’d like to unsubscribe from our emails, you can [click here](. [DONATE $5 TO DEFEND OUR VOTE >>]( [FOLLOW US ON TWITTER >>]( [FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK >>]( [From all of us at Defend the Vote - THANK YOU for your support!]( [DEFEND THE VOTE PAC 600 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE #15180 WASHINGTON, DC 20003]( Paid for by Defend the Vote PAC and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee