AG Ken Paxton and wife Sen. Angela Paxton went to Utah during Texas freeze
Source: Houston Chronicle
According to a campaign spokesman, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton left the state during the middle of the power outage crisis to meet with a fellow attorney general in Utah for a previously planned meeting. Hs wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, was also on the trip, reported the Dallas Morning News, which first broke the story.
The revelation marks the third instance of a Texas public official leaving the state during the disaster that affected nearly every one of the states 254 counties.
Last week, photos emerged showing that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz flew to Mexico on Wednesday after losing power at his Houston home a move hes since said was obviously a mistake and state Rep. Gary Gates, R-Richmond, traveled to Florida on a private jet.
Read more: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/AG-Ken-Paxton-and-wife-Sen-Angela-Paxton-went-to-15970261.php
SWBTATTReg
(22,114 posts)rpannier
(24,329 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,725 posts)Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)Ziggysmom
(3,406 posts)Could have done the meetings over Zoom. Oh, but then hed be in his own shithole state - right!
nattyice
(331 posts)dalton99a
(81,468 posts)tanyev
(42,552 posts)I figured spousal testimonial privilege was the only thing keeping Ken and Angela together.
JDC
(10,127 posts)flying_wahini
(6,591 posts)LeftInTX
(25,291 posts)He's been pretty good about changing venues, so that his case goes nowhere....
Skittles
(153,158 posts)honey, if you had any dignity you would not be married to Ken Fucking Paxton
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)If not, he lucked out with that last name in TX.
If so, he obviously doesn't possess the character his relative, actor Bill Paxton, had.
Note: I knew Bill Paxton. My brother was one of his HS teachers in Ft. Worth and Bill went to Europe with my brother's academic travel group when I was in college at TCU. He was a real class clown at the trip planning meetings, but he was sweet and kind.
AllaN01Bear
(18,191 posts)brooklynite
(94,519 posts)...how can a ship sink with solid ice?
csziggy
(34,136 posts)Or the Endurance and the H.M.S. Terror.
East-A-Squared
(14,505 posts)Historic NY
(37,449 posts)patphil
(6,172 posts)He could have met with this guy a couple months later. I'm sure the attorney general of Utah would have understood.
This excuse was bullshit, pure and simple.
Aerator
(189 posts)But he also invited his roommate from college to meet them down there . So Teds wife and kids ended up spending their vacation getaway with Teds collage roommate after Ted flew home.
COL Mustard
(5,897 posts)COL Mustard
(5,897 posts)Texas men used to be manly and not afeard of no dang blue norther. I can't imagine LBJ ever running away like this. Or John Connally. Or any number of others. Those were men. These clowns are namby-pamby mamas boys.
Yes, I know that's offensive but I don't care. They all deserve to be mocked.