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As a Republican state senator, Ken Paxton won election as Texas attorney general in 2014. He previously served as a Texas House member from McKinney.

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Ken Paxton
stated on August 7, 2021 in an interview:

The Biden administration is “not even testing these people” being released by Border Patrol into the U.S.

By Brandon Mulder • August 13, 2021
Ken Paxton
stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet:

Says that “those who stormed the capitol yesterday were not Trump supporters. They have been confirmed to be Antifa.”

By Brandon Mulder • January 8, 2021
Ken Paxton
stated on October 25, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says Ken Paxton "shut down the world’s largest human trafficking marketplace."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2018
Ken Paxton
stated on August 26, 2018 in an interview on Fox & Friends:

Says Texas has "had over 600,000 crimes committed by illegals since 2011. Over 1,200 homicides."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 7, 2018
Ken Paxton
stated on September 5, 2017 in a press release:

"President Obama used" his DACA order "to unilaterally confer U.S. citizenship."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2017

Justin Nelson
stated on May 29, 2018 in a tweet:

Says "our indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton is back to being the only statewide official in the country under indictment."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2018

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