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September 20 | Chip Roy, Clayton Tucker, and How AI and Data Centers Are Shaping the Midterms

Inside Texas Politics··20 September 2026·22 min

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In the September 20 episode, Republican U.S. Representative Chip Roy explains why he thinks government must take a “human first” approach to regulating AI, and why he disagrees with President Trump calling AI safety fears a “hoax.” And Democrat Clayton Tucker tells us why he’s so focused on data centers in his race for Texas Agriculture Commissioner, and why one of the first things he’d do in office is conduct an agriculture impact study.