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Ken Paxton: “We sued Barack Obama 27 times in 22 months. We want to win…”

Featuring: Ken Paxton, Republican | Attorney General of Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 16:02

And I didn't feel like anybody should run that would take him on the way we needed to. I felt like Texas had to lead him out. So we didn't. We sued Barack Obama 27 times in 22 months. We want to win about 80% of those. We. Which means at least some major federal court thought we were right about 80% of the time. We were able to slow that agenda down where, guess what? (16:02–16:07)

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Asserts that Texas sued Barack Obama 27 times and won about 80% of the cases.

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