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Ken Paxton Trashes Trump Ahead of His Texas Visit

Yet another leaked recording of Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton has landed. “It’s the war, it’s gas prices.... It’s over $6 a gallon for diesel,” Paxton said at a donor meeting when asked what issues were “dragging” on him and his campaign, according to audio obtained by Axios. “People are feeling that pinch. So I’d say that’s probably the biggest…

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Awkward new ad featuring Ken Paxton's estranged wife 'made his situation worse': analystA GOP ad featuring Angela Paxton, who filed for divorce from the Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton last year on " biblical grounds ," was laughed off on MS NOW on Monday morning for being a massive misstep . In the ad, the Texas lawmaker avoids mentioning her husband’s name, but mentions the “elephant on the room,” before warning, “Either we hold every…
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Ken Paxton Admits Team Trump Controls His Campaign in Leaked AudioIn a leaked audio recording, Texas Attorney General and Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton lamented that he isn’t in control of his own campaign. At a fundraiser in September, Paxton spoke candidly about his flailing campaign, according to the recording shared with Politico and published Monday. “I’ve never been in a race where I felt less control over…
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Republican Ken Paxton admits forces in DC control his Texas Senate campaign‘I don’t control message or what we’re doing,’ scandal- hit state attorney general reportedly says at private event Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general chosen by Donald Trump to run as the Republican candidate for a Senate seat, admitted in private that his campaign was being controlled by outside forces in Washington DC. Paxton, who is locked in a…
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Ken Paxton Blames Trump's Illegal War for His Political Woes in Yet Another Leaked RecordingKen Paxton, the Republican Party's nominee for the US Senate in Texas, blamed President Donald Trump's illegal war with Iran for his political woes in a leaked recording published by Axios on Wednesday. In the recording, which was made during a private meeting with donors and lobbyists last month, Paxton was asked by an attendee which issues were…
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