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Can Democrats Actually Win in Texas?

Can Democrats Actually Win in Texas?

The David Frum Show vor 7 Monaten

Beto O’Rourke on the Texas Democratic Senate primary and what it means for a key race in the 2026 midterms. Plus: Chaos at DHS and Samuel Fleischacker on Adam Smith’s “The Wealth of Nations.”

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On this week’s episode of “The David Frum Show,” The Atlantic’s
David Frum opens with his thoughts on Kristi Noem’s removal as head
of the Department of Homeland Security. David warns that the chaos
at the department, combined with President Trump’s demand that the
SAVE Act be passed before he will sign any budget for DHS, could
endanger Americans as the U.S. wages war against Iran, the world’s
leading state sponsor of terrorism. Then David is joined by former
Representative Beto O’Rourke to discuss the hotly contested 2026
Senate primary in Texas between James Talarico and Representative
Jasmine Crockett. Frum and O’Rourke discuss what this race means
for the future of the Democratic Party, why Texas Democrats always
seem to fall short of victory, and the importance of the Texas
Senate race for control of the chamber. Finally, David is
joined by Samuel Fleischacker, a philosophy professor at the
University of Illinois at Chicago, to commemorate the 250th
anniversary of Adam Smith’s “The Wealth of Nations” and discuss how
Smith would fit in politically today. Get more from your favorite
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