Disaster for Trump as Red State GOP Rejects Him; He's Lost All Control
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Why is Ken Paxton’s criminal history a problem for Texas Republicans?
Welcome, welcome. Let's talk about the Party of Crime and Disorder. Of course, I'm talking about the MAGA Republican Party, a party full of criminals run by a convicted felon and 77 million people think, yeah, he's my guy. One of those guys is Ken Paxton. Ken Paxton is a huge MAGA thumper, despite Trump calling him ugly on the campaign trail the last month, which doesn't surprise me much. Ken Paxton can't get enough of it because all of these Republican men love to be humiliated by Donald Trump and some weird kink, some weird shit going on there. But Ken Paxton's corruption includes that he was indicted for securities fraud. Pop this up, here's his mugshot. Josh, how many MAGA candidates have mugshots now besides the president?
quite a bit and there's a new fad that they're going through they smile shots that's kind of a new thing for
him And the FBI investigated him for misusing his office to help his friend and donor, Nate Paul, who was under federal investigation. He was impeached by the Texas Senate. He admitted to an affair with a former Senate aide, and it came out during his impeachment trial that he'd asked Nate Paul to hire the woman so she could move to Austin. The State Bar of Texas sued Paxton for professional misconduct in 2022. In 2025, his wife, State Senator Angela Paxton, filed for divorce on biblical grounds. Pop up this tweet. Today, after 38 years of marriage, I filed for divorce on biblical grounds. Here at IHIP News, we call that, I'm filing for divorce based on he fucked around and I found out. She calls it biblical grounds and we call it the fuck around find out.
Josh, let me finish with his rap sheet. He stole a $1,000 pen from a courthouse, which that's some weird shit. And there's a new report. It looks like he violated federal ethics law on his financial disclosures. He reported owning seven homes but said he earned no income from them. but most of them are actually rented out. He's repeatedly failed to disclose his assets or investments since at least 2008. Josh here is a Kremlin defense attorney. Josh, that's quite the little rap sheet, considering he's running for United States Senate under that umbrella.
How did the Texas Senate’s impeachment of Paxton affect his Senate bid?
He wants to be a United States Senator.
This is the best we got. Let me give you just a one-sentence response as to how his candidacy is going over in the state of Texas. John Cornyn has endorsed Tallarico and will not vote for Ken Paxton. So what does that tell you? And we all know John Cornyn. You know where this guy lands on everything. So I think that's a preview of what's going on in the state of Texas. I've always marveled. at the fact that this guy's not in prison. It's pretty amazing. He was indicted in 2015 by a federal grand jury. Those charges were pending for nine years until guess what? Donald Trump gets elected to a second term and DOJ dismisses those. I think he gets some kind of restitution and community service. And as you pointed out, there's another corruption probe that was dismissed in 2025 by Donald Trump's Department of Justice.
And keep in mind, Donald Trump has endorsed this criminal. So you have one criminal endorsing another criminal. What's odd about this is that Donald Trump is the convicted felon, not Ken Paxton. That's that's the real fucking head scratcher here. How did that happen? Right.
Yeah.
So another thing, too, you talked about this impeachment. The Texas House impeached him. He wasn't he wasn't convicted by the Senate, but he was convicted or he was impeached. And that was one hundred and twenty one to twenty three votes. Do you know how many Republicans cross the line to do that?
What does the whistle‑blower testimony reveal about Paxton’s corruption?
Do you know how often that happens? I mean, this guy's in Ted Cruz's category of being hated, but not just that. They're actually acting upon their dislike for him. There's tons of Republicans that hate this guy. So if you can out-corrupt... your own party to where they hate you the republican party that means you're doing a lot of awful bad because the republicans as you and i talk about day in and day out they're they're corrupt themselves so you're taking it to a whole nother level um it's amazing in this day and age that that's a nominee
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why is Ken Paxton’s criminal history a problem for Texas Republicans?
0:04–2:29
2
How did the Texas Senate’s impeachment of Paxton affect his Senate bid?
2:29–4:11
3
What does the whistle‑blower testimony reveal about Paxton’s corruption?
4:11–7:08
4
Why are Texas voters still supporting candidates with serious scandals?
7:08–9:12
5
How does evangelical culture influence the Texas GOP’s election choices?
9:12–10:25
6
What impact could James Tallarico’s Senate run have on Texas politics?
10:25–12:21
7
How are voting‑site closures and ballot issues shaping the 2024 midterms?
12:21–13:58
8
What does the episode suggest about the future of Trump‑aligned politics in red states?
13:58–16:06
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