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James Talarico stated on May 28, 2026 in an X post:

“Adam Hoffman abused a little boy” and Ken Paxton “let Hoffman off the hook.”

By Amy Sherman• June 3, 2026

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

Rebecca Dallet stated on March 19, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says Michael Screnock "let a child predator walk without time and let a rapist who preyed on an underage girl go free after only an eight-month sentence."

By Tom Kertscher• March 23, 2018

Chris Salcedo stated on December 05, 2019 in a radio interview:

Says justices of the peace in Texas are being asked to choose: "give up your career or violate your religious beliefs" and perform same-sex marriages.

By Taylor Goldenstein• December 17, 2019

Ken Paxton stated on May 26, 2026 in a primary election victory speech:

Democratic Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico “is a vegan.”

By Caleb McCullough• May 27, 2026

Mike Bost stated on October 22, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Says Brendan Kelly "allowed half of the criminals he faced to walk free" and "failed to protect women who were violently assaulted," allowing "those guilty of sexual assault to cut inexcusable plea deals."

By Stephen Koff• November 5, 2018

Greg Abbott stated on October 13, 2010 in a campaign television ad:

Says he's arrested more criminals, "including thousands of child predators and sex offenders," than any previous Texas attorney general.

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• November 11, 2010

Republican State Leadership Committee stated on March 26, 2020 in a campaign ad:

Says Jill Karofsky as a prosecutor “went easy on” a Madison man in a 1999 sexual assault case

By Eric Litke• March 27, 2020

Mark Begich stated on August 29, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says Dan Sullivan approved a "light sentence" for a sex offender who got out of prison and is now charged with a gruesome murder and sexual assault.

By Lauren Carroll• September 3, 2014

Ken Paxton stated on January 07, 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

TikTok posts stated on June 01, 2023 in a TikTok:

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was “caught on tape saying he discarded 2.5 million mail-in ballots in Texas.”

By Sara Swann• June 6, 2023

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

Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on October 05, 2014 in a campaign news release:

"As district attorney, Susan Happ took $180,000" in a "shady" land deal "from a man charged with multiple felony counts of sexual assault before she offered him a deferred prosecution."

By Dave Umhoefer• October 15, 2014

David Cicilline stated on November 18, 2011 in a fundraising letter:

Enacting the Right-to-Carry Act would amount to "expanding the rights of sex offenders, terrorists, child predators, and abusers to carry concealed weapons across state lines.’’

By Lynn Arditi• January 1, 2012

National Republican Congressional Committee stated on November 25, 2016 in a TV ad :

Says "Morgan Carroll opposed requiring convicted sex offenders to register their online profiles, making it harder to track online sex offenders and child predators."

By Alan Gathright• November 1, 2016

Markwayne Mullin stated on July 27, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

The Jeffrey Epstein plea agreement “was a sweetheart plea deal that was made under the Obama administration.”

By Amy Sherman• July 28, 2025

Ken Paxton stated on January 24, 2014 in a radio interview:

Barry Smitherman "doesn’t have enough legal experience to apply for most of the jobs at the attorney general’s office."

By Sue Owen• February 26, 2014

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 June 06, 2014 in a speech at the Republican Party of Texas convention:

"At the beginning of World War II, we had a relatively small army, smaller than Portugal’s."

By W. Gardner Selby• June 13, 2014

Ken Paxton stated on May 27, 2026 in an ad:

Democratic Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico said the southern border should have “a giant welcome mat out front.”

By Loreben Tuquero• May 28, 2026

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