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Nathan Johnson: “The Attorney General's office needs to be depoliticized, but…”

Featuring: Nathan Johnson, Democratic | Texas State Senate, District 16

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Dallas State Senator Nathan Johnson talks about his run for Texas Attorney General | NBC DFW

Published | Video Starts at 02:40

It is important that we put somebody in office. They can get the job done. And it's that experience in government that I think this is critically important. Phil, The Attorney General's office needs to be depoliticized, but it operates in a political environment, and it's going to require political skill to do that job and run that office appropriately. Your opponent, Joe Jaworski, was quoted in the Dallas Morning News calling you a MAGA Democrat for some votes you took limiting what flags can be flown and then limiting voting to US Citizens. (02:40–02:53)

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