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James Talarico: “To have a nominee who was impeached by his own party for…”

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

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Texas Democrat James Talarico launches Senate campaign, targeting Ken Paxton as corrupt elite

Published | Video Starts at 00:23

And it feels like, no offense to the reporters here, but that we've just kind of treated this as normal, as just a regular runoff. But this is not normal. To have a nominee who was impeached by his own party for using his public office to enrich his donors at our expense. That's not normal. And so I look forward to prosecuting the case against Ken Paxton. I know he's escaped accountability for years, but I think that will end this November in this race. (00:23–00:32)

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Asserts that the nominee was impeached by his own party for using public office to enrich donors.

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