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Republican Ken Paxton admits forces in DC control his Texas Senate campaign
‘I don’t control message or what we’re doing,’ scandal- hit state attorney general reportedly says at private event Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general chosen by Donald Trump to run as the Republican candidate for a Senate seat, admitted in private that his campaign was being controlled by outsid
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Newsweek and The Guardian US both foreground the leaked audio and the claim that Washington or DC controls key campaign decisions, while Breaking Points instead centers a different quote, with Paxton saying Trump is “dragging” the GOP down. The Guardian alone frames the story as an admission by Paxton and adds the line that he does not control the message or what they are doing. Newsweek stays closer to the control theme and adds that he is trying to close a polling gap.
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