Texas Republicans’ shameful support for a man they know is criminally unfit to serve makes them ALL equally unfit.
Who is surprised that barely a week after being formally accepted as the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, Ken Paxton has been caught on video sneaking off to Iceland with his mother-of-seven mistress?
Certainly not any Republican colleague and party official in Texas.
Ken Paxton has conned them, stole from them, and betrayed them at every level, yet they never fail to fall in line behind him when told. His latest Icelandic escapade reminded them all of what they already know—he’s a liar, a cheater, and a thief. A man who has abused the power of every office he’s ever held. If you put the Ten Commandments next to his record, it would read like a rap sheet.
- Swindled State House colleagues into investing in a fraudulent company.
- Stole a $1,000 Mont Blanc pen.
- Took bribes from sleazy friends under investigation by his own AG office.
- Used taxpayer money to pay the legal settlement for the staff whistleblowers who turned him in.
- And through it all, while presenting himself as a devout Christian, he engaged in serial sordid extramarital affairs.
None of this is news to Paxton’s colleagues or Party leaders. Most State House Republicans know about the over 3,000 pages of damning evidence of corruption and voted to impeach him. They even included a provision specifically stating that Paxton is unfit for office. They all know who Ken Paxton is, and they nominated him anyway.
And Paxton knows them, too. He knows that among current Texas Republicans neither fidelity, honesty, nor integrity are required. Hypocrisy is expected. Add audacity, and they admire you.
So of course Paxton swapped praise and prayer circles at the Republican convention for hooking up with his Septo-Mom mistress in geothermal pools and Viking saunas in Iceland.
The rest of us should save up any new outrage over Ken Paxton and aim it at Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick, and every other statewide, legislative, and local Republican on the ballot this fall. Their shameful support for a man they know is criminally unfit to serve makes them ALL equally unfit.
