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Ken Paxton: “We sued [Barack Obama] 27 times and won about 80% of those…”

Featuring: Ken Paxton, Republican | Attorney General of Texas

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton campaigns for Senate race in Tyler

Published | Video Starts at 13:26

And so I ran, of course, won. And within two years, my two years that I overlapped with Barack Obama, We sued [Barack Obama] 27 times and won about 80% of those cases. And I think we made a huge difference pushing back on the federal government, saying, no, you're not going to do this. You're not going to change this constitution that we care about. (13:26–13:30)

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