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Amylee @amybean62.bsky.social
Jul 11, 05:34 PM

Texas is the armpit of stupidity- especially bc this guy is still in politics. Paxton vowed to crack down on illegal voting, but ProPublica reported that only 1 person over the past 6 election cycles voted illegally- and it was 🥁…KEN PAXTON!

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"Hey, everybody. I want to share a really incredible story about Ken Paxton, the Republican candidate for Senate in Texas. Paxton has been through a lot of scandals. In 2015, he was criminally charged with securities fraud. In 2023, he was impeached by the Texas House of Representatives and suspended from office. He has been accused of bribery, corruption, and obstruction of justice. His wife filed for divorce on grounds of adultery. And over the Fourth of July weekend, Paxton was spotted in London with his girlfriend. But somehow Paxton's political career has endured. He is currently the attorney general of Texas, and he is also running for a U.S. Senate seat. Donald Trump endorsed him, which helped him to defeat the Republican incumbent John Cornyn in the primary. Paxton has used his office to spread lies about election fraud. In 2020, he filed a lawsuit on behalf of the state of Texas trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. He claimed that the election was stolen from Donald Trump through voter fraud. He has made false claims about non-citizens voting illegally. He even created an illegal voting tip line as part of an effort to crack down on voter fraud. Paxton said that he will, quote, stop at nothing to uncover and stop any illegal voting activity. But here's the thing. We have evidence of only one Texan voting illegally in the last six elections. And that person is Ken Paxton. Yep, the same Ken Paxton. ProPublica did an amazing investigation that shows that Paxton is registered to vote at an address where he doesn't actually live. He hasn't lived there for two years. But he has voted in six different elections, including the one in which he defeated John Cornyn from that address where he does not live. Paxton's office actually warned Texas voters right before the primaries that it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records. That's a quote. Voter fraud is a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison under Texas law. And Paxton is Texas's chief law enforcement officer. The main point of this story is that the election fraud narrative we keep hearing from people like Paxton and Trump is a total fiction. They do not care about election integrity. They just want to be able to decide whose vote counts. If Ken Paxton were serious about election integrity, he would start by cleaning up his own house."

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Amylee @amybean62.bsky.social · Jul 10, 12:16 AM

Texas is the armpit of stupidity- especially bc this guy is still in politics. Paxton vowed to crack down on illegal voting, but ProPublica reported that only 1 person over the past 6 election cycles voted illegally- and it was 🥁…KEN PAXTON!