Conservatives Want Texas’s Ken Paxton for Attorney General Following the Withdrawal of Gaetz
He would face an uphill battle in the Senate, but that fight would likely pale in comparison to the opposition Mr. Gaetz faced.
Following the withdrawal of Congressman Matt Gaetz as President Trump’s nominee for attorney general, conservatives are rallying around the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton — a fiercely conservative, combative executive who has gone to war with the Biden administration in the past — to be nominated for the post. He has some enemies in the Senate who could make that difficult, however.
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