They Were Trying to Help Run Elections. Then They Got Criminally Investigated

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This piece was originally published at ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1438251
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Using the police powers of the state to prosecute partisan causes. I’d call him a Nazi wannabe if it all weren’t so Jim Crow.

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Paxton has be under indictment for SEVEN YEARS!! Why hasn’t he been brought to trial?

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Karens?
Krakens?
KKKrazies?

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They have elevator fires for that.

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Here is a tough question:

Who is the biggest ahole in Texas, Cruz, Abbott, Paxton, Dan Patrick the Lieutenant Governor?

Note that John Cornyn does not even make the list of first tier aholes as he would in any other state.

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It sure is amazing how Paxton was indicted years ago yet never brought to trial…proving once again that Republicans are above the law…

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Asshole di tutti i assholes.

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There is the national league to consider: Cruz, Cotton, Hawley, Paul, the list is endless. Corrupt A-holery is an entrance requirement.

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He could run for PM of Israel.

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Or in the 2024 republican primary.

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The way Paxton purses his lips in the photo one might conclude that he was weened on a dill pickle. That might be true, but seems more likely he was weened on fascism.

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This guy is one of the more despicable creatures on the planet.

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“I’d call him a Nazi wannabe if it all weren’t so Jim Crow.”

Nazi wannabe = Jim Crow.

There, that wasn’t hard.

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There is a long long saga…with some brief interludes

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“To have law enforcement policing around and creating the perception that these elections are not secure is doing enormous damage to democracy,” said Lorraine Minnite, a political scientist at Rutgers University, Camden.

IOW, everything is going according to plan.

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Cruz, hands down.

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Apparently in Texass you can be indicted for years, and nothing ever happens ( that is if you are male, white and Rethug) The cockroach man never did get tried either.

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6 years under indictment? I bet trump is jealous of that statistic.