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Matt Shaheen: “We want only Republicans to be selecting our Republican…”

Featuring: Matt Shaheen, Republican | Texas House of Representatives, District 66

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Republican Texas Representatives discuss why they now back U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton

Published | Video Starts at 15:14

And so that only Republicans can vote in the primaries and is that going to require a change in law? Is the legislature going to have to change that? Yeah, it will be legislative action. We want only Republicans to be selecting our Republican nominees in our primary process. So there is a desire to close our primaries. I support that 100%. What we need to do is figure out a way that does that in such a way where I would call it judicious in manner. (15:14–15:20)

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Asserts that there is a desire for only Republicans to vote in Republican primaries.

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