Bannon`s War Room
WarRoom Battleground EP 951: Breakdown Of The Texas Attorney General Debate
18 Feb 2026
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Chapter 1: What are the main issues raised by candidates in the Texas Attorney General debate?
Islamic jihadis are plotting against you.
Why in the hell you think they're in Houston and in north of Dallas? They are working together to overthrow Western civilization.
Sharia compounds, which are areas governed by religious rules.
We know who you are, we know what you are, and we know what you're trying to accomplish, and it is not going to happen in the jewel of the crown of the union of this republic. We purge any attempt to impose Sharia law in Texas. They are not coming. They are already here. You are not here properly and you're going to leave. On the 3rd of March, Sharia law goes on the ballot in the state of Texas.
The United States Constitution and Sharia are fundamentally at odds with one another. We're going to tell them, take your Sharia law and shove it. Islam will never dominate the United States and by the grace of God. As Texas goes, so goes the nation. As the nation goes, so goes the world.
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Chapter 2: How do candidates address the threat of Sharia law in Texas?
Are you prepared to fight for this state? Are you prepared to fight for your country?
War Room, Texas. Your host, Stephen K. Bannon. Starts right now.
Okay, welcome to War Room Texas. It's Wednesday, 18 February in the year of the Lord, 2026. Last night was the only debate in this entire race, in the primary at least, for the Texas Attorney General. Remember, the Attorney General in Texas, you being part of the War Room posse, Ken Paxton, is absolutely essential to the fight to get President Trump back into the presidency, as you all remember.
As Attorney General of Texas, he was our first guest on the afternoon show of 20 January 2021. President Trump Left the tarmac from Andrews Air Force Base on Air Force One. We had that very dramatic show in the morning that ended at noon. Right when Biden was going to take the oath of office, President Trump kind of went into exile for a while down in Mar-a-Lago.
Chapter 3: What are the candidates' views on crime and law enforcement in Texas?
And what we did in the afternoon, the very first guest we had was Ken Paxton of Texas, the attorney general. And while we had Paxton, we knew that the attorney generals, the state attorney generals are going to be so important. And Texas is the jewel of the crown, so Texas would be the most important. Now, tonight, we're gonna break down the debate that we live streamed last night.
The central figures are Aaron Reitz, who is endorsed by Ken Paxson, former Justice Department guy, Marine Corps, former Marine officer. Chip Roy, who we've had on for years, part of the Tea Party, chief of staff at Ted Cruz. Chip is also part of the Freedom Caucus, been one of the fighters in the Congress. And, of course, Mays Middleton, more, I think, of kind of a Bush guy. He is Abbott's.
He's endorsed by Abbott. Cruz has endorsed Chip Roy. Attorney General Paxton has endorsed our one and only Aaron Reitz. This is really the thrown haymaker. This is what I was really impressed and really proud of. I think the first question out of the box was on Islam.
Chapter 4: How do the candidates plan to tackle the influence of the Chinese Communist Party in Texas?
But the questions you're going to see tonight, they're going to make introductory remarks. You're going to see some very tough questions. Our friend Chris Kobach from the great state of Kansas will also join. They had a bunch of attorney generals there last night from some of the more MAGA red states. And so we're going to break this in pieces.
I'll be back in closer to the break at the bottom to give you an assessment. But the gloves come off. I think you see the measure of each man. You got Mays Middleton, Chip Roy, and of course, Aaron Reitz. So let's go ahead and check it out. This is last night. We streamed it live. The one and the only attorney general's debate live from north of Dallas.
I guess they call it the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Let's take it.
Chapter 5: What measures are proposed to protect Texas energy interests?
I'll be back in a moment.
Good evening. Eight years ago, I ran for Congress because I wanted to save America for our kids and grandkids, something I've been trying to do my entire life, and I've been at the center of the conservative fight for over two decades. In 2005, as a lawyer on the Senate Judiciary Committee, I fought to get Sam Alito on the Supreme Court.
In 2006 and 2007, I was at the center of the fight to stop amnesty in the swamp. In 2010 and 2012, I fought to make sure that it was Marco Rubio and Rand Paul and Ted Cruz in the U.S. Senate, And then I was proud to be Ted Cruz's chief of staff, and I'm proud to have his endorsement. I served as the chief of staff when we fought to try to stop Obamacare implementation in 2013.
And in 2015, I came back to Texas as the first assistant attorney general, where we sued President Obama on deferred action. We sued on the Clean Power Plan. We sued about Syrian refugees to fight to defend Texas. That's my track record before Congress. And in Congress, when I got there, I led.
I led by introducing legislation to ban Chinese communists from owning our land, to designate cartels as terrorist organizations.
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Chapter 6: How do candidates approach the topic of transgender rights and medical procedures for minors?
And guess what? President Trump used that as the model for the executive order he signed this last year to designate cartels as terrorist organizations. I worked alongside President Trump to draft and move forward through the House, the Save America Act, and we're going to get it through the Senate. And I'm fighting to make sure every day that we deliver for the people of Texas.
As Attorney General, I'll be one of one instead of one of 435 fighting for you, the people of Texas, and I'm asking for your vote.
I'm running for Attorney General because I believe that we're in a battle for the soul of our state and our nation. And I know from long fought personal experience that the primary arena in which we fight the dark forces of the left is the justice system.
President Trump understands this better than anyone, and as one of his very first orders of business in his new administration was to elevate me to the senior ranks of his Justice Department. And when he did, he said, Aaron Reitz is a true MAGA attorney and a warrior for the Constitution. Why?
Because of my battle-tested record leading legal troops into legal combat to deliver legal victories for Texas and for Texans. Attorney General Paxson has served our state effectively and faithfully for over a decade, but now the time has come to choose a new chief legal officer.
Remember, under the Texas Constitution, this is a legal, law enforcement, executive branch job, not a legislative job. So while my opponents may spend tonight talking about their legislative record or bills that they've worked on, you'll see a glaring absence of any real legal record.
That might be fine if you're running for re-election to the House or Senate, but it's wholly inadequate to the task of Attorney General.
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Chapter 7: What are the candidates' stances on election integrity and primary systems?
In contrast, my record, litigating, investigating, suing, defending, and appealing on all the major issues that we Republicans care about throughout the justice system sets me apart. It's that record that led Attorney General Paxton to endorse me to succeed him, and it's that record that can give Texans the confidence that I'm ready to lead the fight in court.
It's great to be here tonight. I'm excited about the opportunity to introduce myself to you. I'm Joan Huffman. I started my career in 1981 as a secretary at the Harris County District Attorney's Office and put myself through law school at night.
Once I graduated, I was hired as a prosecutor where I served Harris County for over 15 years, tried over 100 jury trials, including death penalty cases, was chief gang prosecutor, chief of the Organized Crime Narcotics Task Force, and then I ran for criminal district court judge where I was twice elected, served two terms. In 2008, I ran for the state senate where I've served ever since.
In those years, I have served as chairwoman of the major committees in the senate, state affairs, jurisprudence, redistricting. I'm currently the chair of finance and have been for the last four years where I write the state's $340 billion budget. During that time period, I've led on major conservative fights. I passed the first voter ID bill that passed court muster in Texas.
I passed the first Sharia law bill when people weren't paying attention. I passed campus free speech and have led the fight with President Trump on border security as chair of the committees and the finance committee that
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Chapter 8: What final thoughts do candidates offer on their vision for Texas?
focus on all the border security. I have the qualifications, the will, and the work ethic to be your next attorney general and be the fighter that you need and you want as your attorney general.
Really all you need to know about me in this race is I'm the only one that's been protested at the Texas Capitol during this campaign. They had these big ugly green signs with my face on it And they called me the bathroom bigot. Why? Because I don't want men in my little girl's restroom or locker room or shower. And this is a calling for me. This is not a job like our president.
I don't take the salary. I don't take the pension. I don't take the health care. I don't take the state license plate. I'm only here to serve and fight for the conservative values that we believe in. And that's what I've done since day one in office. I've always been ranked as the top one or two most conservative members in the House.
Now, the Senate, I was chairman of the Texas House Freedom Caucus, and President Trump called me a MAGA champion and my conservative record second to none. And this is a show-me-don't-tell-me business. And I can show you the results. I took on the woke left's gender ideology. One, stop men from playing women's sports.
kicked perverted men out of women's private spaces like restrooms and locker rooms, defeated the atheists, and put prayer and the Ten Commandments back into our public schools, and took on our foreign adversaries in Austin, stopped China from buying our land, designated cartels as terrorists, tripled border security, and am now taking on our most growing threat, which is Sharia law and Islamification.
I am defeating the left already.
Should Texas adopt a closed primary system, and what role should the Attorney General play in that process? Congressman.
Yes, and enforce the law. Well, I think the legislature needs to write that law so the Attorney General would know what to enforce and how to enforce it. And they have not to this point. So I think we'll wait and see what the legislature does, but I would enforce any law that the legislature passed.
Well, I'm one of only two people... that have filed the closed primary bill. Look, this is important to me. My first election in 2018, I'll never forget knocking on a door in Lamar, Texas. This is in the general November. This is my list who's voted in the Republican primary. And I knock on the door and say, I'm not a Republican. I don't vote Republican. Well, you did this March. Oh yeah.
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