How Ken Paxton Takes Page from Dems' Playbook and Hilariously Smacks Around Beto O'Rourke

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is using the far-left playbook against Democrats by investigating failed gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke, while also holding liberals to their own standards within the court of public opinion.

Paxton asked a state court earlier this week to hold O’Rourke in criminal contempt for his role in the Texas redistricting saga.

The Republican state AG claimed O’Rourke ignored a temporary restraining order preventing his group from “raising funds for non-political purposes … through the ActBlue platform,” Paxton’s emergency motion read.

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Nick Givas has been a reporter for The Daily Caller, Fox News, and served as Managing Editor of the Newsroom at Project Veritas. He's also hosted three different podcasts, served as a Congressional Communications Director, and had his work featured in The Federalist, Daily Signal, New York Post, and Real Clear Politics.

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