Texas AG Paxton Says He Endorses Election Audit in Texas
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he endorses an audit of the state’s 2020 election results, coming days after a state representative introduced a bill that would carry out an election review of Texas’s 13 most populous counties.
“I don’t know why we wouldn’t want to give people confidence in our elections, and give them the chance to know for sure that they’ve had an audit, and things are good or they’re bad,” Paxton told talk radio host Chad Hasty in an interview this week. “And it gives us an opportunity to figure out how we want to correct that.”
Rep. Steve Toth, a Republican, introduced the audit measure earlier this month, which would target counties with more than 415,000 population. Harris, Dallas, Bexar, Tarrant, Collin, Travis, Denton, Hidalgo, Fort Bend, El Paso, Williamson, Montgomery, and Cameron counties would be included in the review.
The audit proposal, Paxton admitted, may not be feasible because counties may not comply with the state Senate, leading to a drawn-out process involving court battles.
“I think he had, like, 15 of the top counties of the state. Well, that’s a lot of people, that’s a lot of votes,” Paxton said in reference to Toth’s bill. “I don’t know how much cooperation you’re going to get from some of those counties, so it could be an undertaking that takes quite a while, but it may be worth doing once just to see where we’re at,” he added.
Of the counties, only three—Collin, Denton, and Montgomery—voted in favor of former President Donald Trump in 2020. The remaining 10 Texas counties voted for President Joe Biden.
Republicans have said that audits and bills targeting election measures such as mail-in ballots, drop-boxes, and early voting are necessary to safeguard future elections and restore the public’s confidence in them. Democrats say GOP-backed audits are designed to damage the public’s trust in election institutions and have decried nearly all Republican election overhaul bills unfairly target minority voters.
Amid the months-long audit of Arizona’s Maricopa County’s Nov. 3 results, lawmakers in other Republican-led states like Wisconsin or Pennsylvania have pushed for election reviews of their own. Last week, an audit team that reviewed ballots and election equipment in Maricopa told a state Senate hearing they found thousands of discrepancies, although Maricopa County executives and Democrats have frequently denigrated the audit and said the results are not credible.
After Toth proposed his legislation, Democrats balked at a potential audit of the state’s election.
Rep. Chris Turner, who chairs the Texas House Democratic Caucus, told the Dallas Morning News on Tuesday that the audit legislation appears to be a bid to promote former President Trump.
“I don’t know if these folks are aware of it, Trump actually did carry Texas,” he said. “So I’m not sure what they’re trying to find in their audit.”
Without providing many details, Paxton on July 11 told an audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas that he’s investigating 386 more cases of alleged election fraud—in addition to more than 500 cases his office is probing. The cases, he added, are evidence that voter fraud does in fact occur, contrary to mainstream narratives that were deployed starting last November that there was no “widespread” fraud during the election.
“Do not believe the narrative, because in Texas we are going to fight election fraud,” Paxton said at the event, arguing that Republican candidates would have struggled during election day last year if his office hadn’t stopped local election officials from allegedly breaking balloting rules.
The Epoch Times has reached out to the Texas House Democratic Caucus for comment.
This from Joe Hoft on Gateway Pundit. The Biden administration is treating political prisoners exactly as they are treated in Russia, China, Iran and Syria. Infamous.
“Attorney: Jan. 6 Prisoners Brutally Beaten, Stripped, Hogtied, Humiliated by Guards – One Prisoner Blinded in One Eye – Worse Abuse Than Gitmo (VIDEO)
Ryan Samsel was blinded by DC prison guards.
Ryan Samsel was leading the charge against Capitol Hill Police on January 6 protests.
Samsel pushed the flimsy bike racks and stormed the US Capitol. Samsel reportedly injured a female police officer.
Since his arrest, Ryan Samsel has been held in Washington DC. On March 21, he was awakened by correctional officers, his hands zip-tied, then walked to an unoccupied cell and brutally beaten by the officers. Then Ryan Samsel lost an eye in the beating.
Ryan was not alone.
TRENDING: Attorney: Jan. 6 Prisoners Brutally Beaten, Stripped, Hogtied, Humiliated by Guards – One Prisoner Blinded in One Eye – Worse Abuse Than Gitmo (VIDEO)
On Thursday night Attorney Joseph McBride joined Greg Kelly on Newsmax to discuss the abuse of the Jan. 6 political prisoners in Washington DC.
This is absolutely horrific account!
Joseph McBride: What I can say about the Jan. 6 protesters who remain incarcerated or detained at this point, is that their constitutional rights and human rights are being violated by the Department of Justice and the Federal Government at this very moment. The law is clear that no type of punishment is appropriate for a detainee. Despite that numerous detainees are being held in solitary confinement for long periods of time. They’re being denied medical care. They’re taking beatings. They’re being denied sleep. They’re being psychologically, emotionally, and physically tortured on a regular basis,
Greg Kelly: Hold on a second. Who’s beating them up?
Joseph McBride: I am alleging that the guards are beating them up. The staff are beating prisoners on a regular basis and have been doing so for a long time. This is no exaggeration.
Greg Kelly: Was your client Richard Barnett beaten up by staff?
Joseph McBride: He absolutely was. He was beaten. He was dragged. He was hog-tied. One time his pants dropped below his ankles exposing his private parts while he was taking a beating in front of a female officer. And he had to beg and plead to pull his pants up.
The Jan. 6 political prisoners are being treated worse than America’s most dangerous enemies.
Where the hell are all the human rights groups?
Via Greg Kelly reports:”
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Big win in move to audit Texas!!
https://www.theepochtimes.com/texas-ag-paxton-says-he-endorses-election-audit-in-texas_3915382.html
This from Joe Hoft on Gateway Pundit. The Biden administration is treating political prisoners exactly as they are treated in Russia, China, Iran and Syria. Infamous.
“Attorney: Jan. 6 Prisoners Brutally Beaten, Stripped, Hogtied, Humiliated by Guards – One Prisoner Blinded in One Eye – Worse Abuse Than Gitmo (VIDEO)
Ryan Samsel was blinded by DC prison guards.
Ryan Samsel was leading the charge against Capitol Hill Police on January 6 protests.
Samsel pushed the flimsy bike racks and stormed the US Capitol. Samsel reportedly injured a female police officer.
Since his arrest, Ryan Samsel has been held in Washington DC. On March 21, he was awakened by correctional officers, his hands zip-tied, then walked to an unoccupied cell and brutally beaten by the officers. Then Ryan Samsel lost an eye in the beating.
Ryan was not alone.
TRENDING: Attorney: Jan. 6 Prisoners Brutally Beaten, Stripped, Hogtied, Humiliated by Guards – One Prisoner Blinded in One Eye – Worse Abuse Than Gitmo (VIDEO)
On Thursday night Attorney Joseph McBride joined Greg Kelly on Newsmax to discuss the abuse of the Jan. 6 political prisoners in Washington DC.
This is absolutely horrific account!
Joseph McBride: What I can say about the Jan. 6 protesters who remain incarcerated or detained at this point, is that their constitutional rights and human rights are being violated by the Department of Justice and the Federal Government at this very moment. The law is clear that no type of punishment is appropriate for a detainee. Despite that numerous detainees are being held in solitary confinement for long periods of time. They’re being denied medical care. They’re taking beatings. They’re being denied sleep. They’re being psychologically, emotionally, and physically tortured on a regular basis,
Greg Kelly: Hold on a second. Who’s beating them up?
Joseph McBride: I am alleging that the guards are beating them up. The staff are beating prisoners on a regular basis and have been doing so for a long time. This is no exaggeration.
Greg Kelly: Was your client Richard Barnett beaten up by staff?
Joseph McBride: He absolutely was. He was beaten. He was dragged. He was hog-tied. One time his pants dropped below his ankles exposing his private parts while he was taking a beating in front of a female officer. And he had to beg and plead to pull his pants up.
The Jan. 6 political prisoners are being treated worse than America’s most dangerous enemies.
Where the hell are all the human rights groups?
Via Greg Kelly reports:”