Ken Paxton Wants Beto O'Rourke Jailed

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Ken Paxton Wants Beto O’Rourke Jailed

August 12, 2025 at 2:34 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 108 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/08/12/ken-paxton-wants-beto-orourke-jailed/

“Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked a Texas district court judge to jail former Rep. Beto O’Rourke over his fundraising pitches connected to the state’s intensifying redistricting battle,” Politico reports.

“Paxton’s request accused the Texas Democrat of violating a court order that the judge, Tarrant County’s Megan Fahey, issued last week that barred fundraising by O’Rourke and his nonprofit Powered by People intended to bankroll the efforts by Texas Democratic lawmakers to derail the redistricting effort.”

[lame54]

1. Jail him and...

Watch the fund-raising numbers skyrocket

[chowder66]

2. Yep. Creating a martyr for all to rally around.

[johnnyfins]

3. Where do they grow these fuckers?

What happened to Paxton when he was young that made him such an asshole.

[walkingman]

4. Our justice system has nothing to do with law and order. It is all about pushing political

agendas. Working people and retirees are just spectators in this local, state, and federal reality show. Add the religious BS to the mix and you just about have the total picture.

Is it any wonder that people are fed up with our government at both the state and federal level and even at the local level in some cases.

I live in Texas and there is nothing I like about it. Just not sure if starting over somewhere else would be much better.

So weird that this shit is how we have chosen to live as a state and/or nation.