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Texas AG Says Trump Would've 'Lost' State If It Hadn't Blocked Mail-in Ballots Applications Being Sent Out

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Interesting admission Ken, perhaps the DOJ should look into this... Seems like an outright admission of voter suppression...

"If we'd lost Harris County—Trump won by 620,000 votes in Texas. Harris County mail-in ballots that they wanted to send out were 2.5 million, those were all illegal and we were able to stop every one of them," Paxton told former Trump adviser Steve Bannon during the latter's War Room podcast on Friday.

"Had we not done that, we would have been in the very same situation—we would've been on Election Day, I was watching on election night and I knew, when I saw what was happening in these other states, that that would've been Texas. We would've been in the same boat. We would've been one of those battleground states that they were counting votes in Harris County for three days and Donald Trump would've lost the election," the Republican official said.

www.newsweek.com

Paxton: Trump Would've Lost Texas If It Hadn't Blocked Mail-in Ballot Forms

"We would've been one of those battleground states," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said.
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BlueTex said:
Interesting admission Ken, perhaps the DOJ should look into this... Seems like an outright admission of voter suppression...

"If we'd lost Harris County—Trump won by 620,000 votes in Texas. Harris County mail-in ballots that they wanted to send out were 2.5 million, those were all illegal and we were able to stop every one of them," Paxton told former Trump adviser Steve Bannon during the latter's War Room podcast on Friday.

"Had we not done that, we would have been in the very same situation—we would've been on Election Day, I was watching on election night and I knew, when I saw what was happening in these other states, that that would've been Texas. We would've been in the same boat. We would've been one of those battleground states that they were counting votes in Harris County for three days and Donald Trump would've lost the election," the Republican official said.

www.newsweek.com

Paxton: Trump Would've Lost Texas If It Hadn't Blocked Mail-in Ballot Forms

"We would've been one of those battleground states," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said.
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Wow, I sounds like a confession.
 
I'm not convinced. A good number of those 2.5 million would have voted in person, so you have to apply some estimate of how much mail-in increased the vote, elsewhere but Harris County.

I'm also going to drop this graphic again:

texas presidential vote.webp

Texas for the Democrat next year is a real possibility. The state Party needs to work hard! Texas going blue would be decisive.
 
Sounds like Paxton has lost his marbles.
Perfect fit for rump's VP.
 
Ug make hammer said:
I'm not convinced. A good number of those 2.5 million would have voted in person, so you have to apply some estimate of how much mail-in increased the vote, elsewhere but Harris County.

I'm also going to drop this graphic again:

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Texas for the Democrat next year is a real possibility. The state Party needs to work hard! Texas going blue would be decisive.
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What's matters here is not whether he's correct about "saving" the election, but that he admits he used his office to try.
 
Gateman_Wen said:
What's matters here is not whether he's correct about "saving" the election, but that he admits he used his office to try.
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Yes indeed. Republican talk about voter fraud obsessively, to distract attention to the more significant factor of administrative fraud.

I still think it matters what the result would have been WITHOUT disenfranchisement. Some prospect of winning next year would give the state Party much needed motivation.
 
Ug make hammer said:
Yes indeed. Republican talk about voter fraud obsessively, to distract attention to the more significant factor of administrative fraud.

I still think it matters what the result would have been WITHOUT disenfranchisement. Some prospect of winning next year would give the state Party much needed motivation.
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Yep.. Texas registration is a pain in the ass and not easy for voters...

Screenshot 2023-05-30 at 8.47.33 AM.webp

 
BlueTex said:
Interesting admission Ken, perhaps the DOJ should look into this... Seems like an outright admission of voter suppression...

"If we'd lost Harris County—Trump won by 620,000 votes in Texas. Harris County mail-in ballots that they wanted to send out were 2.5 million, those were all illegal and we were able to stop every one of them," Paxton told former Trump adviser Steve Bannon during the latter's War Room podcast on Friday.

"Had we not done that, we would have been in the very same situation—we would've been on Election Day, I was watching on election night and I knew, when I saw what was happening in these other states, that that would've been Texas. We would've been in the same boat. We would've been one of those battleground states that they were counting votes in Harris County for three days and Donald Trump would've lost the election," the Republican official said.

www.newsweek.com

Paxton: Trump Would've Lost Texas If It Hadn't Blocked Mail-in Ballot Forms

"We would've been one of those battleground states," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said.
www.newsweek.com www.newsweek.com
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Ken Paxton belongs in jail with Trump.
 
BlueTex said:
Interesting admission Ken, perhaps the DOJ should look into this... Seems like an outright admission of voter suppression...

"If we'd lost Harris County—Trump won by 620,000 votes in Texas. Harris County mail-in ballots that they wanted to send out were 2.5 million, those were all illegal and we were able to stop every one of them," Paxton told former Trump adviser Steve Bannon during the latter's War Room podcast on Friday.

"Had we not done that, we would have been in the very same situation—we would've been on Election Day, I was watching on election night and I knew, when I saw what was happening in these other states, that that would've been Texas. We would've been in the same boat. We would've been one of those battleground states that they were counting votes in Harris County for three days and Donald Trump would've lost the election," the Republican official said.

www.newsweek.com

Paxton: Trump Would've Lost Texas If It Hadn't Blocked Mail-in Ballot Forms

"We would've been one of those battleground states," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said.
www.newsweek.com www.newsweek.com
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this was always painfully obvious, but it is still nice to hear it again......
 
BlueTex said:
Interesting admission Ken, perhaps the DOJ should look into this... Seems like an outright admission of voter suppression...

"If we'd lost Harris County—Trump won by 620,000 votes in Texas. Harris County mail-in ballots that they wanted to send out were 2.5 million, those were all illegal and we were able to stop every one of them," Paxton told former Trump adviser Steve Bannon during the latter's War Room podcast on Friday.

"Had we not done that, we would have been in the very same situation—we would've been on Election Day, I was watching on election night and I knew, when I saw what was happening in these other states, that that would've been Texas. We would've been in the same boat. We would've been one of those battleground states that they were counting votes in Harris County for three days and Donald Trump would've lost the election," the Republican official said.

www.newsweek.com

Paxton: Trump Would've Lost Texas If It Hadn't Blocked Mail-in Ballot Forms

"We would've been one of those battleground states," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said.
www.newsweek.com www.newsweek.com
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Then there is this. A bill that lets the secretary of state of Texas overturn elections in Harris County. And only Harris County. No other county. Just that big black one.

www.nbcnews.com

Texas Senate passes bill to allow secretary of state to overturn Harris County elections

The bill targets the state's largest county, which has become more Democratic in recent years, over problems that arose during last year's election.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com
 
Something else is going on in Texas. The Republican House didn’t suddenly have a come to Jesus revelation. They garnered 84% in the vote to bring impeachment charges against the sitting AG.
 
joluoto said:
That can't be legal.
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It is not. That bill will be challenged in federal court and will be tossed.

Texas wonders why the rest of the country thinks they are all scum.
 
Which is why we've seen so many Republican controlled state governments propose and pass so many new laws restricting same day voting, mail in voting, even the number and location of drop off ballot boxes.
 
KingLeo said:
Which is why we've seen so many Republican controlled state governments propose and pass so many new laws restricting same day voting, mail in voting, even the number and location of drop off ballot boxes.
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They fear being voted out.
 
Would Abbot be the governor if it weren't for the actions of Paxton? IT looks like Abbot was and is a willing accomplice to his crimes.
 
BlueTex said:
Interesting admission Ken, perhaps the DOJ should look into this... Seems like an outright admission of voter suppression...

"If we'd lost Harris County—Trump won by 620,000 votes in Texas. Harris County mail-in ballots that they wanted to send out were 2.5 million, those were all illegal and we were able to stop every one of them," Paxton told former Trump adviser Steve Bannon during the latter's War Room podcast on Friday.

"Had we not done that, we would have been in the very same situation—we would've been on Election Day, I was watching on election night and I knew, when I saw what was happening in these other states, that that would've been Texas. We would've been in the same boat. We would've been one of those battleground states that they were counting votes in Harris County for three days and Donald Trump would've lost the election," the Republican official said.

www.newsweek.com

Paxton: Trump Would've Lost Texas If It Hadn't Blocked Mail-in Ballot Forms

"We would've been one of those battleground states," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said.
www.newsweek.com www.newsweek.com
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When the scumbags say the question part out loud.

Again.
 
Lisa said:
Would Abbot be the governor if it weren't for the actions of Paxton? IT looks like Abbot was and is a willing accomplice to his crimes.
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Time for Abbott to be rolled into a prison cell.
 
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