The fate of democracy relies on The Lone Star State. I lived and worked there long enough to learn that no one dares to mess with Texas. Oprah Winfrey is the main attraction participating in phone-banking marathons, including U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, former San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro, and music legend Willie Nelson who has also been dialing for ballots. in fact, Nelson has been politically active going all the way back to when he helped Jimmy Carter win the presidency.
While Oprah makes cold calls to warm up Democratic hearts and get out the vote, she tells Texans about those times folks hung up on her. "Well, if they hang up, that means I spent less time with somebody who didn’t want to hear me and it gives me more time for the next person who does want to hear me.”
As Winfrey leads an effort to have volunteers make 1 million phone calls to Texas voters she remind them of the importance of early voting, and to ask them to commit to casting ballots.
Everyone can clearly see, Ms. Winfrey has been inspiring Americans for years. “To use television not to be used by it" Is how she framed it years earlier before a crowd of Hollywood Royalty.
“I want all of the girls watching here now to know, that a new day is on the horizon.”@Oprah accepts the 2018 Cecil B. de Mille award. #GoldenGlobes
As a result, today Trump has lost his lead in Texas, where Democrats have not won since the mid-seventies.
