The former president said in a statement Tuesday that he’ll issue an endorsement “in the not-so-distant future.”
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Point of Order
Point of Order: George P. Bush supports Donald Trump in 2024, teases primary challenge to Ken Paxton
In the latest episode of our podcast about the Texas Legislature, Evan Smith talks to Land Commissioner George P. Bush about the state of the state and the issues in play as the 2021 session winds down — and about his rumored plans to challenge Ken Paxton in the GOP primary for Texas attorney general.
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Politics
George P. Bush wants to challenge beleaguered Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. But can he keep Trump out of it?
Bush has a unique history with Trump as the only prominent member of his famous political family to back the former president. Meanwhile, Paxton has tightly aligned himself with Trump in recent months.
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Health care
New Texas lawsuit accuses Biden administration of threatening state’s health care funding to force Medicaid expansion
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit, filed Friday, argues that the Trump-era extension of the federal 1115 Medicaid funding waiver was lawful and that overturning it was a political move.
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Courts
Attorney General Ken Paxton unblocks nine Texans on Twitter after lawsuit claiming he violated First Amendment rights
It’s unclear if Paxton has unblocked others on Twitter who were not named in the lawsuit.
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Politics
Ken Paxton tells The New York Times he doesn’t support Greg Abbott for reelection — then tweets that he does
“I don’t think he supports me; I don’t support him,” Paxton told The New York Times in a story published Tuesday. He later criticized the story as “fake news” and insisted he backed Abbott.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
Joe Biden as popular as top Republican officeholders in Texas, UT/TT Poll finds
Texas voters have a strong preference for politicians from their own parties, but overall, the president is as popular here as the governor or either of the state’s U.S. senators.
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Politics
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Ken Paxton’s challenge to California law banning state-funded travel to Texas
California banned state-funded travel to Texas because of a 2017 religious-refusal law for adoptions in the state, which critics called discriminatory against LGBTQ families.
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Politics
Texas sues Biden administration in effort to reinstate Trump-era “remain in Mexico” immigration policy
The policy required asylum seekers who passed through Mexico on their way to the U.S. to stay in Mexico while their claims were processed. Many were forced to live in sometimes dangerous and unsanitary migrant camps.
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Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush “seriously considering” run for attorney general, lays out case against Ken Paxton
Bush said the state’s top law enforcement official “needs to be above reproach.”
