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to The Truth with Lisa Booth. Today

0:33

we've got Attorney General Ken Paxton on

0:35

the show. He just announced a primary

0:37

run against John Cornyn for Senate, so

0:39

of course I'm gonna ask him about that.

0:41

Why did he decide to run? What

0:44

are his chances? We'll dig into

0:46

that. Also, I don't know if you saw,

0:48

but the New York Times is now coining a

0:50

new phrase for the left, dark

0:52

woke. Sounds stupid, probably

0:54

because it is. What

0:56

does it mean? What do you need to know about it?

0:59

Also, was Biden's border crisis

1:01

just a deliberate ploy to flood the

1:03

country with new voters and also

1:05

to skew the census in electoral college

1:07

votes? We'll dig in with

1:09

Ken Paxton. And why

1:11

are Democrats just doubling down on

1:13

men and women's sports? We know

1:15

it's a 20 % issue for them. So

1:18

why double down? So

1:20

from these political power grabs to

1:22

these cultural controversies, we're going

1:24

to dig into all of it and get the truth

1:26

with Attorney General Ken Paxton. Stay tuned.

1:34

Well, Attorney General Ken Paxton, it's

1:36

great to have you on the

1:39

show. I appreciate you making the time.

1:42

Hey, glad to be back and you have a

1:44

great show and I'm glad to be on it.

1:46

I appreciate it. So I wanted to start out. I

1:48

don't know if you saw. So Democrats

1:50

are like desperately trying to figure out

1:52

their footing. as we've seen, and there's

1:54

this New York Times article. We talked about it

1:56

on Outnumber today, which I just thought it was really

1:58

funny. I don't know if you saw this, and

2:00

they're calling it the dark woke. And

2:03

the New York Times quote says,

2:05

what is dark woke? Democrats are

2:07

trying out a new attitude. It's

2:09

provocative, edgy, and perilously towing the

2:11

line of not being too offensive.

2:13

But it just underscores this journey

2:15

that the Democratic Party has been

2:17

on. Why do you think they're

2:19

struggling so hard to find their

2:21

footing? Because this wokeness that they

2:23

promoted doesn't work. People don't benefit

2:25

from it. They don't get it.

2:27

They see that the results of

2:30

it are bad for America and

2:32

it's bad for them, bad for

2:34

their families, bad for their kids.

2:36

There's no upside to it. It's

2:38

just liberal policy that that harms

2:40

people, that doesn't provide benefits, and

2:42

people have figured it out. So

2:44

they're struggling to find a new

2:46

message and a new narrative. I

2:48

have this conversation with Paul Morrow,

2:50

who I'm sure you're familiar with

2:52

from Fox. And we're talking about

2:54

with all these judges trying to

2:56

block President Trump from following through

2:58

with this promise of mass deportations.

3:01

And if you really think about it, it's

3:03

kind of genius from the left to

3:05

have allowed millions of illegal aliens into the

3:07

country because I think they knew that

3:09

it would be difficult to try to deport

3:11

them. You know, you look

3:13

at the immigration court, there's a backlog

3:15

over over 3 .6 million people already. Even

3:18

for non asylum cases, the

3:20

proceedings can take a couple of

3:22

years. Will we ever

3:24

be able to get rid of some

3:26

of these people? Look, I first

3:28

of all, I think these judges are

3:30

out of control. There's no doubt

3:32

there there is a place for a

3:34

nationwide injunction, but usually relates to

3:36

things like we did when we sued

3:38

Joe Biden for not enforcing deportation

3:40

laws. This is a president, Donald Trump,

3:42

who's actually trying to enforce the

3:44

existing laws. And these judges

3:47

are stepping into a role that is not

3:49

theirs. They're not the executive. They're not the president.

3:51

But I do think over time, we're going

3:54

to win these cases. And I think we're

3:56

going to start seeing the Trump administration push

3:58

more and more of these illegals out. But you're

4:00

right. The lab, their philosophy was get these people

4:02

in here as fast as possible. And

4:05

that's what they did. It was like

4:07

three or four million people a year that

4:09

they pushed into this country and moved

4:11

them all over the country and took care

4:13

of all of their needs to the

4:15

detriment of the American people. I mean, I

4:18

think you're smart to use things like

4:20

the Alien Enemies Act, right? I think that

4:22

was part of the plan to sort

4:24

of allow for to make removal easier, you

4:26

know, particularly for, you know, these gangbangers

4:28

and bad people. What

4:30

do you think to yourself when

4:32

you see Democrats like Chris Van

4:34

Hollen going to El Salvador to

4:36

advocate for a guy and a

4:38

legal alien who, you know, a

4:40

couple of judges thought to believe

4:42

that he was an MS -13 member,

4:45

that even the Prince George's Police

4:47

Department thought to be an MS

4:49

-13 member? I think the center

4:51

is a pathetic center because you're

4:53

talking about people in this country

4:55

that did really bad things. They've

4:57

done evil things to American people

4:59

that are doing evil things and

5:01

that will be a risk and

5:03

a threat. I mean, they're one,

5:05

they're here illegally. But second of all,

5:07

they're being targeted because they're criminals. And

5:10

we've got senators, you'd think

5:12

that he's got a multi -trillion

5:14

dollar budget deficit every year. He's

5:16

got all kinds of problems in

5:18

America and he's off helping some guy

5:20

in Al Salvador who's a threat

5:22

to our society. I don't know what's

5:24

wrong with that senator, but he's

5:27

got issues. Well, it clearly shows that

5:29

we're not the priority. They've given

5:31

up trying to appeal to American voters.

5:34

It's not about America first, it's

5:36

Americans last. And

5:38

you see, they don't even really have

5:40

to clear a pathway for

5:42

illegal aliens to be able to

5:44

vote because they're already impacting the

5:46

power dynamics in the country with

5:48

the census, right of non -citizens

5:51

being included in the apportionment for

5:53

both the House of Representatives as

5:55

well as for electoral colleges. And

5:57

we heard from Representative Yvette Clark

6:00

during a hearing in 2021. And

6:02

she said, my district can absorb

6:04

a significant number of these migrants

6:06

adding, I just need more people

6:08

in my district for redistricting purposes.

6:11

That's one of the nefarious. I mean, that's kind of the goal, right? Yeah,

6:13

yeah, it's one of the nefarious goals. I think

6:15

there's several goals. That's certainly, they ultimately

6:18

want these people voting, but definitely the

6:20

first step was using those numbers to

6:22

add their numbers in the House so

6:24

they can control the US House. and

6:26

potentially even affects Senate seats. So

6:28

there's no doubt and potentially presidential elections.

6:31

So there's no doubt that they

6:33

had nefarious purposes. They know they can't

6:35

win on their message. They see

6:37

it. They see that their message doesn't

6:39

help America. And so

6:41

they import votes and they import

6:43

strategies that help them hold

6:45

on to power at the expense

6:48

of the of the

6:50

American peo think I

6:52

know that you've b

6:54

even in red state

6:56

of tex are Democrats

6:58

doubling dow sports? You

7:01

know, that one

7:03

to me. I

7:05

don't understand w

7:07

parents who have

7:09

daughters to have

7:11

to deal with

7:13

t effectively eliminates

7:15

do from being able

7:17

to compete in sports. And the

7:19

whole purpose of federal laws protecting women's

7:21

sports was this, so that they

7:23

would have an opportunity to compete. They'd

7:25

have a fair opportunity to compete,

7:27

fair opportunity to participate. And now the

7:30

Democrats are saying, no, we're going

7:32

to let men have an unfair advantage

7:34

and come compete against women. It

7:36

doesn't make any sense to me. I

7:38

don't even, I don't understand at

7:40

all. It's one of the most, I

7:42

guess, mysterious positions that they've taken.

7:44

You know, it's interesting too. I'm sure you

7:46

remember, like I was working on Capitol Hill and

7:48

in politics and I remember the whole like

7:50

war on women, right? Like Republicans were engaging

7:52

in this war on women. It played out in

7:54

the 2012 presidential race as well with Mitt

7:57

Romney being like a binder's full of women, which

7:59

was a strange comment to make. But, you

8:01

know, I digress. But now, to

8:03

your point, it's not just gauging a

8:05

war on women. They're trying to erase

8:07

women. It's

8:09

confusing. It's very confusing.

8:12

I mean, these statutes were designed

8:14

to give them some funding and some

8:16

opportunity and sort of generally agreed

8:18

on by as a bipartisan really issue,

8:20

even though they claimed it was

8:22

a democratic issue. The reality is now

8:24

they've flipped it on its head

8:26

and they're opposing women. I'm

8:28

shocked that more democratic women are

8:30

upset about this. Those women have

8:32

children as well. They have daughters

8:34

who should have a fair opportunity

8:36

to compete and be equally funded.

8:39

And that's obviously getting flipped ahead

8:41

if you allow men to participate

8:43

in women's sports. I don't even

8:45

understand why, honestly, I don't

8:47

understand why men want to participate in women's sports.

8:49

It seems like a I

8:51

don't know, they have an unfair advantage and

8:53

why they would feel good about themselves winning

8:55

in a women's sports. I don't, I don't

8:57

understand that either. Yeah, I mean, like the

8:59

men doing that, I question their desire to

9:01

want to be in a woman's locker room.

9:04

I question their desire to want to steal

9:06

those opportunities for women. You know, that makes

9:08

me very suspicious of these men, right? And

9:10

they're, you know, what their

9:12

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9:14

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vet care. You've

12:01

decided to get in

12:03

to primarying Senator John Cornyn.

12:05

What provoked that? Why

12:07

did you make that decision?

12:10

So it's just been too long.

12:12

He's been there for 24 years.

12:14

He wants to be there for

12:16

33 decades of serving Mitch McConnell,

12:18

effectively what he's done. It's

12:20

been Mitch McConnell's lap dog. And

12:22

he hasn't represented the people of

12:24

Texas. OK, maybe he's a Republican

12:27

from New York. We might accept

12:29

his week. behavior and his lack

12:31

of ability to lead on important

12:33

Republican issues. But, you know,

12:35

he's been the guy that was, you know,

12:37

Joe Biden's guy for passing gun restrictions.

12:39

Well, that wasn't a very popular issue in

12:41

Texas. Certainly not what we sent him

12:44

to do, but he did it. He enabled

12:46

the ATF to push for even greater

12:48

expanse of gun restrictions that I had to

12:50

go sue them over. Had John Cornyn

12:52

not done that, I wouldn't be in the

12:54

middle of those lawsuits. But he effectively

12:56

is fighting against his own people.

12:58

He's been an outspoken critic of the border

13:01

wall and Trump's border wall. He said

13:03

it over and over that he didn't want

13:05

a border wall. He's insinuated an embassy

13:07

is a path that he likes. That's,

13:09

again, very unpopular in Texas. And he's also

13:11

been a, he's been, he's been in opposition to

13:14

President Trump in 2016 when he said he

13:16

was an albatross around our neck. And then in

13:18

2024, he insinuated that he was a criminal

13:20

and that he was not going to support Trump,

13:22

that we needed to move in a different

13:24

direction. And I heard him on the radio today,

13:26

supposedly saying that he was, he's just as

13:28

aligned with Donald Trump as I am. Well, maybe

13:30

today, Johnny come lately, because he's in a

13:32

primary, but that has not been his position over

13:35

the last, you know, 12 years

13:37

or 10 years that Trump's been around. But

13:39

I think Texas is kind of an interesting

13:41

state too, because it's sort of like losing the

13:43

football for Democrats, you know, they keeping like,

13:45

this is our cycle, we're gonna, you know, we're

13:47

gonna win statewide. And then, you

13:49

know, inevitably they don't, you know,

13:51

sort of looking ahead at the midterms,

13:54

you know, what are you seeing in Texas?

13:56

You know, what are you hearing sort

13:58

of electorally of what this might look like

14:00

for us as a party? You

14:03

know, we're pretty far out. I think,

14:05

you know, midterms typically don't go as well

14:07

for the party in power, but it

14:09

all depends on performance. And if Trump can

14:11

pick up this economy, which I think

14:14

he will, he's had success in the past.

14:17

If the economy is in shape, usually that

14:19

means good things for the party in

14:21

power. So I'm optimistic because I believe in

14:23

Donald Trump, I believe in his policies,

14:25

and I think they're good for America. So

14:27

as long as we're performing well in

14:29

two years, I think we'll

14:31

be fine if we have trouble with

14:33

the economy for whatever reason, then that's

14:35

always more of a challenge. Where are

14:37

you on the tariffs? I'm a

14:39

free trader, but I also want fair trade.

14:42

And I think what the president is trying

14:44

to address is the fact that many of

14:46

these countries, particularly China, but other countries

14:48

as well, have not treated us fairly. And I

14:50

think he's trying to even the playing field. I think

14:52

in the end, we're going to see a lot

14:54

more trade, a lot more free trade, and it's not

14:56

going to be so one -sided. I think what the

14:58

president is trying to do is correct the

15:00

wrongs of the past that no other

15:02

president willing to do. And we've been at

15:04

the short end of the stick. And

15:06

I think he's trying to fix that. And,

15:08

you know, I applaud him for making

15:11

the significant attempt to do that. How do

15:13

you think he's doing so far this

15:15

term? Look, I

15:17

think he's working faster than I've ever seen

15:19

any president work. And I said that

15:21

about his first term, that he was the

15:23

most effective president in four years that

15:25

I'd ever seen, getting more good things done

15:27

for Americans than I did anyway. And

15:29

I was a huge Ronald Reagan family. Ronald

15:31

Reagan did what he did in eight years. Trump did

15:33

what he did in four years. And the

15:36

reality is he's moving even faster

15:38

with this dough stuff and putting out

15:40

his executive orders to eliminate regulations

15:42

and to free up the American economy.

15:45

He's putting in great people into cabinet positions.

15:48

I mean, I give the guy a for the

15:50

first few months of this term. I hope

15:52

it continues. And I think it will. Have

15:55

you been surprised at all

15:57

to the opposition to Dosh and

15:59

trying to cut some federal

16:01

spending? Heck no, I expect

16:03

it. There's entrenched power forces, people

16:05

making trillions, you know, we got trillions

16:07

of dollars in debt. They're making

16:09

billions of dollars. Look at Stacey Abrams

16:11

gets a payoff of two billion

16:13

or whatever she got for her. tiny

16:16

little nonprofit. Of course, people

16:18

are going to hate the stop

16:20

of free money that doesn't

16:22

benefit any of us except the

16:24

people that are getting it.

16:26

So I totally am not surprised

16:29

by the resistance to the

16:31

gravy train, the free money, the

16:33

taxpayer payouts. It's

16:35

necessary for us to get our budget

16:37

and our deficit under control. And

16:39

of course, there's going to be opposition to doing

16:41

the right thing. Thank you, President Trump and Elon

16:43

Musk for getting this done. Are

16:46

you sure you want to try to go

16:48

to Washington DC? There's that infamous quote that,

16:50

you know, if you want a friend in

16:52

Washington, get a dog. Are

16:54

you sure you want to

16:56

go to DC? I'm

16:58

not going for fun. I'm not going to

17:00

make friends. I'm going to represent my state

17:02

in a way that's been better than John

17:04

Corrin. even dreamed of

17:06

trying. This is the first attempt he's

17:08

made at trying now that he has a primary

17:10

opponent. But you know, we just

17:12

deserve better representation. If we're going to fix

17:15

this country, we can't have a John Cornyn

17:17

from Texas messing that up. We need. two

17:19

good centers. We have one and we can

17:21

see the difference. It's pretty clear that the

17:23

people of Texas has two very different centers.

17:25

Ted Cruz is a shining example of what

17:27

you need to be, and John Cohen is

17:29

a failure, and it's time even his own

17:31

supporters know that he should run for his

17:34

fifth term. He's been in office over 40

17:36

years, and he's a 30

17:38

year incumbent in the U .S. Senate.

17:40

That's too long. John, take

17:42

a vacation, do something different, retire, but

17:44

it's been too long. Attorney

17:47

General, is there anything else you'd like to leave

17:49

us with before we go? Look, I think that we

17:51

have a great opportunity here. We have a great

17:53

president. We have great leaders with great vice president. We

17:55

have the House. We have the Senate. We

17:57

have the opportunity now if we continue

17:59

to elect conservative Republicans that will push

18:01

the envelope. We We can fix the

18:03

problems that we have, get us on

18:06

a better path, and we have a

18:08

bright future. If we don't do that,

18:10

we just waste our four years and

18:12

we don't elect the right people, then

18:14

we're going to suffer the consequence. So

18:16

I'm optimistic, and that's I'm Attorney

18:19

Ken Paxton of Texas, appreciate you

18:21

making the time, sir. Hey,

18:24

thank you. Have a great day. I

18:26

want to thank Attorney General Ken Paxton for

18:28

coming on the show. to thank you guys at

18:30

home for listening. Every Tuesday and Thursday, you

18:32

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