Posted on 05/20/2022 4:28:53 PM PDT by DFG
Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said he is embarrassed by the lingering scandals surrounding Attorney General Ken Paxton when asked by reporters Thursday for his thoughts about the runoff primary election early next week.
Paxton is seeking a third term as the state’s top lawyer and is facing Land Commissioner George P. Bush in a runoff for the Republican nomination.
But the incumbent has faced a slew of controversies in the past few years, including an FBI investigation into allegations he abused his office to help a wealthy donor, a 7-year-old felony securities fraud indictment, a lawsuit from the state bar challenging his ethics as a practicing attorney for suing to block the 2020 election results, and accusations he cheated on his wife. Paxton has denied criminal wrongdoing.
“I will tell you that I remain very disturbed by the fact that the incumbent has had an indictment hanging over his head, for now, I don’t know, what has it been, six years? This is the chief law enforcement officer of the state of Texas. And it’s a source of embarrassment to me that that has been unresolved,” Cornyn said on a Thursday call with reporters, noting that he tries “very hard” not to get involved in primary politics. Cornyn has not endorsed in the primary.
Cornyn is the most prominent Texas Republican to criticize Paxton’s rocky record. Cornyn has represented Texas in the U.S. Senate for almost 20 years and served six years as the second-highest-ranking Republican in the chamber. He’s also a former Texas attorney general and state Supreme Court justice.
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Tucker talked about red states having weak Republicans.
Well that’s very true in Pa.
An indictment for 7 years? Why has that not gone to trial by now to resolve it?
In reality he was one of its earliest and most vocal critics: https://dailycaller.com/2017/06/08/rubio-blasts-leakers-weve-learned-more-from-the-newspapers/
Far left Democrats will win neither of those seats, much to your chagrin.
Cornyn is a slimebag. I wish somebody decent would primary him.
Trump endorses whoever he thinks will win.
I’d prefer a Republican that’s not an Assistant Democrat.
Cornyn got reelected in 2020 so we have 4 yrs to convince Paxton or another suitable candidate to unseat Cornyn.
I like Paxton right where he is for now, but someone someone should run against Cornyn who won’t be a lap dog for McConnell !!
I like Ted Cruz.......he’s a solid conservative who isn’t afraid of a fight.
We did too. Until he gave > $40,000,000,000.00 to Ukraine.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4065053/posts
Screw me once...
How do we get Rino Cornyn out of office? He is the disgrace.
That is exactly why they are attacking him. The fraud election of 2020.
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