Republican Ken Paxton admits forces in DC control his Texas Senate campaign

‘I don’t control message or what we’re doing,’ scandal- hit state attorney general reportedly says at private event Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general chosen by Donald Trump to run as the Republican candidate for a Senate seat, admitted in private that his campaign was being controlled by outside forces in Washington DC. Paxton, who is locked in a competitive race with the progressive Democrat James Talarico , told people at a fundraising event in September that he had never felt such little control over his campaign because of outside influence. Continue reading...

Originally reported by The Guardian US by Ariana Baio. Read the full story at the source.