Oprah Winfrey, Willie Nelson to help Beto O'Rourke call Texas voters before start of early voting
Chances are you won’t get a car or some nifty new gadget, as Oprah Winfrey was known to give members of her studio audience. But on Monday the famed former talk show host and entrepreneur might call and ask you to vote.
Winfrey is part of a group of celebrities who are helping former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of El Paso mobilize Texas voters for the November election. On Monday she’ll join country music legend Willie Nelson, former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams, former presidential candidate Andrew Yang and former presidential candidate and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont in a massive phone banking operation.
Early voting begins Tuesday, Oct. 13.
“So on Monday October 12th, we will host the Calling Texas: Million Voter Phone Bank, and we won’t be doing it alone,” O’Rourke says in an email obtained by The Dallas Morning News. “Here’s where the big news that I was telling you about comes in. We’ll be joined on the phone bank by (get this!!): Oprah Winfrey, Willie Nelson, Bernie Sanders, Julian Castro, Stacey Abrams and Andrew Yang, among others.”
The event is sponsored by Powered by People, the PAC O’Rourke started to help Democrats win the Texas House. He also hopes to boost former Vice President Joe Biden in his contest against President Donald Trump.
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