The South Texas Democrat said Latinos who support former President Donald Trump are voting against their self interest, but Republicans recoiled at the comparison.
The attorney general has tried to supplant eight Republican judges on the court after they rejected his efforts to unilaterally prosecute voter fraud. The judges are now pushing back.
Paxton announced his office is investigating watchdog group Media Matters for 'potentially fraudulent activity' after it reported on white supremacist content on the platform formerly known as Twitter.
Abbott made the presidential endorsement after he and Trump served meals to service members deployed for Operation Lone Star, Abbott’s sprawling border security mission.
By Patrick Svitek and Maia Pandey, The Texas Tribune
Barton, who once said Christians are obligated to vote for Trump, recently said Democrats aren't ‘God-fearing’ and are more prone to cheat in elections.
Anemic poll numbers barred him from the debate stage, but Hurd also fell short of another requirement by declining to pledge his support for the eventual Republican nominee: 'I will not sign a blood oath to Donald Trump.'
Hurd also said that, if elected, he wouldn't pardon Trump should the former president be convicted of the federal charges he faces for allegedly taking classified documents.