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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 05:50 PM

brooklynite (68,640 posts)

AG Ken Paxton and wife Sen. Angela Paxton went to Utah during Texas freeze

Source: Houston Chronicle

While millions of Texans languished in their homes last week without heat, many of them racking up astronomical electricity bills, the state official in charge of consumer protection left to take an out-of-state trip.

According to a campaign spokesman, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton left the state during the middle of the power outage crisis to meet with a fellow attorney general in Utah for a “previously planned meeting.” Hs wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, was also on the trip, reported the Dallas Morning News, which first broke the story.

The revelation marks the third instance of a Texas public official leaving the state during the disaster that affected nearly every one of the state’s 254 counties.

Last week, photos emerged showing that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz flew to Mexico on Wednesday after losing power at his Houston home — a move he’s since said was “obviously a mistake” — and state Rep. Gary Gates, R-Richmond, traveled to Florida on a private jet.

Read more: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/AG-Ken-Paxton-and-wife-Sen-Angela-Paxton-went-to-15970261.php

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AG Ken Paxton and wife Sen. Angela Paxton went to Utah during Texas freeze (Original post)	brooklynite	Monday	OP
Did any Texas republican officials even stay in TX?	SWBTATTReg	Monday	#1
The one's who couldn't get a flight	rpannier	Monday	#9
I'm oughta here! Ski vacation whilke the rubes freeze to death? Sounds right. Scum.	Evolve Dammit	Monday	#2
KEN, YOU WORTHLESS FUCK	Leghorn21	Monday	#3
None of the shit he did required travel.	Ziggysmom	Monday	#4
Surprise, surprise	nattyice	Monday	#5
Fuckers	dalton99a	Monday	#6
Did he take the mistress, too?	tanyev	Monday	#7
How is this guys still AG in TX?	JDC	Monday	#8
Gov Abbott.	flying_wahini	Tuesday	#20
He was re-elected...and because his case hasn't gone to trial, he sits there.	LeftInTX	Tuesday	#23
"...meetings that benefit her efforts to promote human dignity"	Skittles	Monday	#10
Surely, he's part of the Paxton Lumber family.	displacedtexan	Tuesday	#22
sound like rats deserting a sinking ship.	AllaN01Bear	Monday	#11
What a foolish comment...	brooklynite	Monday	#13
Ask the Titanic	csziggy	Tuesday	#21
Texas repukes cut and run.	East-A-Squared	Monday	#12
Muscled their was to escape the SS Texas.	Historic NY	Monday	#14
Previously planned meeting...what a lame excuse.	patphil	Monday	#15
Ted said he went Mexico at his daughter's request	Aerator	Monday	#16
Maybe Heidi Got To Sleep With A Real Man???	COL Mustard	Monday	#18
What Happened To The Old Stereotype?	COL Mustard	Monday	#17
Fuck that Picasso-faced, motherfucking criminal.	LudwigPastorius	Tuesday	#19

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 06:02 PM

SWBTATTReg (14,803 posts)

1. Did any Texas republican officials even stay in TX?

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 06:25 PM

rpannier (22,452 posts)

9. The one's who couldn't get a flight

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 06:04 PM

Evolve Dammit (4,760 posts)

2. I'm oughta here! Ski vacation whilke the rubes freeze to death? Sounds right. Scum.

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 06:06 PM

Leghorn21 (12,356 posts)

3. KEN, YOU WORTHLESS FUCK

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 06:11 PM

Ziggysmom (334 posts)

4. None of the shit he did required travel.

Could have done the meetings over Zoom. Oh, but then he’d be in his own shithole state - right!

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 06:11 PM

nattyice (128 posts)

5. Surprise, surprise

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 06:13 PM

dalton99a (59,349 posts)

6. Fuckers

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 06:14 PM

tanyev (33,772 posts)

7. Did he take the mistress, too?

I figured spousal testimonial privilege was the only thing keeping Ken and Angela together.

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 06:19 PM

JDC (7,735 posts)

8. How is this guys still AG in TX?

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Tue Feb 23, 2021, 09:58 AM

flying_wahini (2,910 posts)

20. Gov Abbott.

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Tue Feb 23, 2021, 10:08 PM

LeftInTX (15,368 posts)

23. He was re-elected...and because his case hasn't gone to trial, he sits there.

He's been pretty good about changing venues, so that his case goes nowhere....

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 06:25 PM

Skittles (133,700 posts)

10. "...meetings that benefit her efforts to promote human dignity"

honey, if you had any dignity you would not be married to Ken Fucking Paxton

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Tue Feb 23, 2021, 11:42 AM

displacedtexan (15,547 posts)

22. Surely, he's part of the Paxton Lumber family.

If not, he lucked out with that last name in TX.
If so, he obviously doesn't possess the character his relative, actor Bill Paxton, had.

Note: I knew Bill Paxton. My brother was one of his HS teachers in Ft. Worth and Bill went to Europe with my brother's academic travel group when I was in college at TCU. He was a real class clown at the trip planning meetings, but he was sweet and kind.

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 08:26 PM

AllaN01Bear (5,189 posts)

11. sound like rats deserting a sinking ship.

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 09:00 PM

brooklynite (68,640 posts)

13. What a foolish comment...

...how can a ship sink with solid ice?

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Tue Feb 23, 2021, 11:13 AM

csziggy (31,470 posts)

21. Ask the Titanic

Or the Endurance and the H.M.S. Terror.

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 08:44 PM

East-A-Squared (14,095 posts)

12. Texas repukes cut and run.

This is the DU member formerly known as muntrv.

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 09:02 PM

Historic NY (33,954 posts)

14. Muscled their was to escape the SS Texas.

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 09:30 PM

patphil (1,978 posts)

15. Previously planned meeting...what a lame excuse.

He could have met with this guy a couple months later. I'm sure the attorney general of Utah would have understood.
This excuse was bullshit, pure and simple.

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 09:46 PM

Aerator (151 posts)

16. Ted said he went Mexico at his daughter's request

But he also invited his roommate from college to meet them down there . So Ted’s wife and kids ended up spending their vacation getaway with Ted’s collage roommate after Ted flew home.

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 10:35 PM

COL Mustard (1,164 posts)

18. Maybe Heidi Got To Sleep With A Real Man???

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 10:34 PM

COL Mustard (1,164 posts)

17. What Happened To The Old Stereotype?

Texas men used to be manly and not afeard of no dang blue norther. I can't imagine LBJ ever running away like this. Or John Connally. Or any number of others. Those were men. These clowns are namby-pamby mamas boys.

Yes, I know that's offensive but I don't care. They all deserve to be mocked.

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Tue Feb 23, 2021, 03:16 AM

LudwigPastorius (3,080 posts)

19. Fuck that Picasso-faced, motherfucking criminal.

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