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Donald Trump says he’d consider Ken Paxton for U.S. attorney general
Texas Tribune ^ | 05/20/2024 | JASPER SCHERER

Posted on 05/21/2024 1:24:52 PM PDT by DFG

Former President Donald Trump said he would consider tapping Ken Paxton for U.S. attorney general if he wins a second term in the White House, calling his longtime ally “a very talented guy” and praising his tenure as Texas’ chief legal officer.

“I would, actually,” Trump said Saturday when asked by a KDFW-TV reporter if he would consider Paxton for the national post. “He’s very, very talented. I mean, we have a lot of people that want that one and will be very good at it. But he’s a very talented guy.”

Paxton has long been a close ally of Trump, famously waging an unsuccessful legal challenge to Trump’s 2020 election loss in four battleground states. He also spoke at the pro-Trump rally that preceded the deadly U.S. Capitol riot in January 2021.

Paxton’s loyalty was rewarded with an endorsement from Trump in the 2022 primary, which helped the attorney general fend off three prominent GOP challengers.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: ag; paxton; texas; trump
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To: thinden
smart move

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remember,,, ken was texas ag for awhile and rejected voting machines for elections in texas after investigating how they work and found so many vulnerabilities for altering data he refused to certify the machines and software for texas.

i watched a 3 hour vid ken did, that even had pages shown on the structure of system in diagram form straight from dminion ,iirc , tech manual.

iow

ken knows where the cheats happen
and that these machines are just fraud factories.

that is why the rinos and dems went for his throat.

God protected ken and he prevailed against the attacks

ken paxton is as dangerous to them as trump is.

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21 posted on 05/21/2024 2:11:40 PM PDT by cuz1961
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To: cuz1961

i have searched youtube for that 3 hourvideo manytimes since i watched it and cant find it. about 2017 i think.

the browser history link was on my first cell phone that died shortly after i watched that vid.


22 posted on 05/21/2024 2:14:28 PM PDT by cuz1961
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To: Reverend Wright
Texas RINOs were part of the Paxton Impeachment. No way they would vote to confirm Paxton as AG.

While it's true that RINOs tried to get Paxton, those were state legislators who would not have anything to do with Paxton's federal confirmation.

23 posted on 05/21/2024 2:15:08 PM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: DFG

Yes, please.


24 posted on 05/21/2024 2:15:10 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: Cobra64

Agree.

Mark Levin would rampage through the DOJ and leave it a smoldering ruin.


25 posted on 05/21/2024 2:25:24 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Chgogal

Except you can’t. They are civil servants and covered by very specific rules


26 posted on 05/21/2024 2:25:26 PM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: DFG

It seems our Att Gen(OK) is trying to raise his profile too.


27 posted on 05/21/2024 2:26:38 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: cowboyusa

He’s needed to take on Cornyn in ‘26. Atty. Gen. for one year? No.

Linda. Trump could fire him the minute he’s confirmed.


28 posted on 05/21/2024 2:27:30 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: grobdriver

“While it’s true that RINOs tried to get Paxton, those were state legislators who would not have anything to do with Paxton’s federal confirmation. “


Yeah. That would be Senate RINOs in DC blocking Paxton.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/john-cornyn-calls-impeachment-allegations-against-texas-ag-ken-paxton-deeply-disturbing/ar-AA1goM1b


29 posted on 05/21/2024 2:29:22 PM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: Nifster

You can transfer them to different civil servant positions.


30 posted on 05/21/2024 2:29:28 PM PDT by Chgogal (To paraphrase Biden: You vote Democrat? You ain't smart.)
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To: BigFreakinToad

But the rats have also destroyed the senate confirmation process, along with so much else. This we have the illegally still-serving Secty of Labor, infamous commie what’s-her-name, whom the senate will not confirm but who is still serving


31 posted on 05/21/2024 2:40:06 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: DFG
This was posted about an hour ago. Seems Biden's puppet masters want Trump dead.


32 posted on 05/21/2024 3:09:13 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: j.havenfarm
the illegally still-serving Secty of Labor, infamous commie what's-her-name, whom the senate will not confirm but who is still serving

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we have been occupied by a rogue gallery of domestic enemies and traitors...

33 posted on 05/21/2024 3:09:18 PM PDT by cuz1961
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To: DFG

The new AG cannot be a Beltway insider, nor a mannequin like Sessions.


34 posted on 05/21/2024 3:36:32 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: Chgogal

Not readily. Plus they are still on the taxpayers dime


35 posted on 05/21/2024 4:30:10 PM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Cobra64

I wish, but no way would he ever take it.


36 posted on 05/21/2024 4:47:21 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: DFG

“Former President Donald Trump said he would consider tapping Ken Paxton for U.S. attorney general”

Now we’re talking. More Paxtons, fewer deadbeats like last time around.


37 posted on 05/21/2024 5:28:39 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: cuz1961

ken knows where the cheats happen
and that these machines are just fraud factories.

that is why the rinos and dems went for his throat.

God protected ken and he prevailed against the attacks

ken paxton is as dangerous to them as trump is.

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Totally agree.

He would be the ideal USAG


38 posted on 05/21/2024 6:40:40 PM PDT by thinden (buckle up ....)
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To: DFG

Great pick but I’d still prefer him to stay in TX.
Hard to say which is the better decision but this IS one of Trump’s better ideas.


39 posted on 05/21/2024 7:55:37 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: FroggyTheGremlim

Appoint as “Acting xxx”

that can be done?


40 posted on 05/22/2024 7:54:27 AM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
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