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Greetings, Lowdowners — Deanna here!Friday we told you what was coming: Hightower on the main stage at the Texas Democratic Party Convention, introducing Clayton Tucker, the Lampasas rancher carrying the populist torch into this year’s fight for Texas Agriculture Commissioner.Well, it happened. And it’s everything we hoped it would be!Listen to that crowd roar as Hightower names the “six Bs” — bosses, bankers, billionaires, big shots, bastards, and bullshitters. That clip has been tearing up social media all weekend! Here’s the full five-minute speech: the introduction, the history, and Jim handing the mic to Clayton with the kind of send-off [...]
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