DNC Chairman Tom Perez plots strategy with Texas Democrats
Organization and message. These are the principles that Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez hopes will revitalize his party and woo voters in next year's midterm elections.
"Organize, organize, organize," Perez told The Dallas Morning News. "We need to articulate what we stand for. We're for a brighter future for people in every ZIP code."
Perez is in Dallas on Wednesday as part of his "listening tour" in Texas. On Tuesday he was in Austin for the "resistance" rally progressives had at the Texas Capitol. Participants were also protesting the merits of the special legislative session called by Gov. Greg Abbott, which is highlighted by a push for legislation that would limit the bathroom transgender residents can use. Proponents call it a privacy bill, while critics say it discriminates against transgender people.
"It's hard for me to believe that the most pressing issues confronting the state of Texas right now are bathrooms, trying to divide immigrant communities and making it harder for police to do work," Perez said
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