Texas congressional candidate Mike Siegel on fighting for the right to vote,  efforts to suppress the student vote in Texas, the problem of money in politics and how it lets corporations "rig the game to their own advantage", the threat of climate change and how it is affecting everyday Americans, why a Green New Deal will address the dual crises of climate change and inequality, the solution to the "crushing" debt crisis in America and how he will flip the state's 10th Congressional District

You can find out more about him on Twitter @SiegelForTexas or at SiegelforTexas.org

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