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"Obviously, Mr. Paxton has a checkered background," Cornyn told reporters Wednesday in Washington during an impromptu recorded interview.
From Austin American-Statesman
Paxton is positioning himself as a disruptor, pledging in a social media post to “take a sledgehammer to the D.C. establishment” and dismissing Cornyn as a 24-year incumbent who’s no longer effective.
From Roll Call
Paxton was impeached by the Texas House of Representatives in 2023 on corruption charges, but he was acquitted in the state Senate.
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