'No community lost more people during that power grid failure than did Houston and the surrounding area,' Beto O'Rourke said during his stop in Houston.
tour intended to remind Texans about the 2021 winter storm, the grid's failure, and the lives lost. It comes on the one-year anniversary.
The Democrat gubernatorial candidate started his day in Houston on the city's eastside. He visited with Janice Carter and Franchelle Kiel Hickman to talk with them about their sister, Deborah Kiel, who died from heart failure after two days without power during last year's storm. He visited with those impacted in each of the dozen stops along his tour.Prior to his stop in Houston, O'Rourke was in Corpus Christi.
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