working the phone, like his recent opponent Beto O'Rourke did https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/us/beto-orourke-texas.html to check up on people, or work the phone to raise money to help poor Texans pay for food or their gas bill, like New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/20/2017144/-The-lights-are-on-in-Texas-but-the-true-scope-of-the-disaster-won-t-be-visible-for-weeks.