Texas AG wants to arrest Beto O’Rourke as tensions explode
Texas AG wants to arrest Beto O’Rourke as tensions explode  
Podcast: All In with Chris Hayes
Published On: Wed Aug 13 2025
Description: August 12, 2025; 8pm: What to make of Trump's threat to expand his federal crackdown into other American cities. And as Republicans look to consolidate power for Donald Trump, the attorney general of Texas wants Beto O'Rourke jailed for standing up for democracy. Then, Donald Trump didn't like the jobs numbers so he fired the person in charge of them—and now there’s growing alarms over the MAGA replacement. Plus, the latest Republican to bomb at a town hall in front of his own constituents.  Want more of Chris? Download and follow his podcast, “Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes podcast” wherever you get your podcasts.To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.