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moonshinegnomie

(4,113 posts) Mon Jun 8, 2026, 11:15 AM 8 hrs ago

ken paxtons lawyer endorses talarico

donated 1,000 to his campaign and said paxton “has lost sight of his core mission, which is to represent the people of Texas.”

“And unlike Ken, I believe to my core that James Talarico believes in unity over division and that he knows how to assemble not only Democrats, but Independents and Republicans, and we need that right now,”

https://www.notus.org/2026-election/ken-paxton-lawyer-james-talarico-endorsement

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ken paxtons lawyer endorses talarico (Original Post) moonshinegnomie 8 hrs ago OP

Bazinga! sheshe2 8 hrs ago #1

Maybe this will do the smug bastard in! Jilly_in_VA 8 hrs ago #2

May ALL the Texas republicans who voted to impeach him do the same MagickMuffin 7 hrs ago #3

the vast majorty of rethugs here dont care moonshinegnomie 5 hrs ago #13

Time will tell MagickMuffin 4 hrs ago #16

Wow, that's verrryyy kewl! ananda 6 hrs ago #4

Qquestion, don: WHEN did kennie EVER see it as his "core mission" niyad 6 hrs ago #5

Paxton's core mission is to stay out of jail rurallib 6 hrs ago #10

One can dream! niyad 6 hrs ago #11

I'm not in Texas but donated to Talarico. AverageOldGuy 6 hrs ago #6

Thank you for doing that! TBF 5 hrs ago #12

I'm not in Texas, but I have many people there MerryBlooms 1 hr ago #20

that. is delicious. nt barbtries 6 hrs ago #7

Well, well, well. What have we here! calimary 6 hrs ago #8

His attorney is very likely a Democrat BaronChocula 6 hrs ago #9

he donated 6500 to paxton last year moonshinegnomie 5 hrs ago #14

Wow, that is a bad Democrat LOL mr715 1 hr ago #19

Haha MustLoveBeagles 5 hrs ago #15

Ken Paxton's own lawyer just endorsed our campaign for the US Senate. LetMyPeopleVote 1 hr ago #17

rethugs are now claiming he was always a democrat moonshinegnomie 1 hr ago #18

sheshe2

(98,764 posts)

1. Bazinga!

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 11:18 AM

8 hrs ago

Jilly_in_VA

(14,703 posts)

2. Maybe this will do the smug bastard in!

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 11:19 AM

8 hrs ago

Let us devoutly hope so, anyway!

MagickMuffin

(18,378 posts)

3. May ALL the Texas republicans who voted to impeach him do the same

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 11:31 AM

7 hrs ago

They know what Ken Paxton is!

moonshinegnomie

(4,113 posts)

13. the vast majorty of rethugs here dont care

Reply to MagickMuffin (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:24 PM

5 hrs ago

MagickMuffin

(18,378 posts)

16. Time will tell

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Reply #13)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 03:00 PM

4 hrs ago

The House who voted to impeach Paxton, plus the additional Cornyn supporters may just surprise us all.

5th generation Texan here and I’m hopeful that Talarico will garner those voters who can’t stand Paxton. If they can’t bring themselves to vote for the democratic candidate then perhaps they’ll not cast a vote at all for either candidate.

ananda

(35,648 posts)

4. Wow, that's verrryyy kewl!

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 12:39 PM

6 hrs ago

!!!

niyad

(134,663 posts)

5. Qquestion, don: WHEN did kennie EVER see it as his "core mission"

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 12:51 PM

6 hrs ago

to "represent the people of Texas"? Other than that, welcome to the light.

rurallib

(64,886 posts)

10. Paxton's core mission is to stay out of jail

Reply to niyad (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:25 PM

6 hrs ago

can you imagine how pleasant incarceration would be for him?

niyad

(134,663 posts)

11. One can dream!

Reply to rurallib (Reply #10)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:27 PM

6 hrs ago

AverageOldGuy

(4,275 posts)

6. I'm not in Texas but donated to Talarico.

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 12:52 PM

6 hrs ago

However, sad to say I have full confidence in the ignorance of Texas voters to elect Paxton.

TBF

(37,482 posts)

12. Thank you for doing that!

Reply to AverageOldGuy (Reply #6)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:54 PM

5 hrs ago

MerryBlooms

(12,456 posts)

20. I'm not in Texas, but I have many people there

Reply to AverageOldGuy (Reply #6)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 06:25 PM

1 hr ago

They all despise trump and paxton

barbtries

(31,374 posts)

7. that. is delicious. nt

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:01 PM

6 hrs ago

calimary

(91,135 posts)

8. Well, well, well. What have we here!

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:05 PM

6 hrs ago

Divide and conquer!

BaronChocula

(4,884 posts)

9. His attorney is very likely a Democrat

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:19 PM

6 hrs ago

There is a pattern of scandal-plagued republicans (redundant) hiring Democrats to defend them. It may be the same way men have women defend them in divorce/custody battles. Tom Delay and Scooter Libby both had Democratic lawyers.

Plus, one article has the below passage with a quote from co-counsel, though it should be taken with a grain of salt since that one is a magapublican.

Paxton's camp did not immediately return a request for comment. But another member of his legal team, Republican state Rep. Mitch Little of Frisco, shrugged off Cogdell's endorsement.

"I love Dan, but he is a Democrat, and he doesn’t vote very much," Little wrote on X. "This impeachment defense lawyer is 100% behind Ken Paxton. I’ve personally served alongside Representative Talarico, and — when he’s working — he’s doing really radical, leftist things."