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James Talarico: “Ken Paxton was impeached for using his public office to…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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That big, ugly bill that's going to take food out of the mouths of hungry Texas kids, all to give yet another tax break to his billionaire donors. And so Ken Paxton. Ken Paxton was impeached for using his public office to enrich his donors. And that's exactly what John Cornyn does at the biggest scale. And so we oftentimes think of corruption as something that's illegal, but corruption is. Is really just the betrayal of the public's trust. (30:19–30:25)

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Asserts that Ken Paxton was impeached for using his office to benefit his donors.

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