Ken Paxton: “No one's ever done [run for a fifth term in Texas]... Not…”

“And I said, well, how come you funded every race against me? I said, let's move past that. Let me ask you one question. Why is John Corner running for a fifth term? No one's ever done [run for a fifth term in Texas]... Not Sam Houston, not John Tower, not lbj, not Phil Graham. No one's ever done it. Why is John Corner running for a fifth term? And he looks at me, he goes, I don't know. We all told him not to run.” (20:51–21:00)

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