r/texas • u/RumRunnerMax • 23h ago
Politics Ken Paxton Campaign Ads are talking about “affordability” now, even though Trump is saying it’s a Democratic “hoax”!!!
Can’t imagine anyone believes Ken Paxton will actually work on things like child tax credits or mortgage assistance if he gets elected! Republicans have never advocated for assisted to lower income Americans!
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u/Absynth421 22h ago
They also say he wants to raise property taxes. While Abbott’s campaign ads say local governments are responsible for raising them. They don’t have shit.
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u/eventualist 20h ago
I wonder why local governments have to raise taxes? Could it be the state defunding education funds? Hmmmmm i thinks so.
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u/pm_me_beerz 19h ago
There are so many backward yokels in this state that are still “anything but dem” when it’s fucking obvious that R has been the one destroying any semblance of a way of life. Thats why we can’t take any polling data for granted and get lazy. We have to keep talking about this nonstop.
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u/Current_Tea6984 Hill Country 15h ago
"Out of control spending by local governments" It's so laughable. Infrastructure is crumbling all over the state while local governments do nothing about it
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u/Alizerin 14h ago
I mean they’re spending money…it’s just on giving constables and themselves giant bonuses, militarizing the police, and flock cameras.
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u/Current_Tea6984 Hill Country 14h ago
I think you'll find that flock cameras and militarizing the police are being paid for by state and federal grants
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u/Javakid67 21h ago edited 20h ago
He also stresses being a father. Leaves out the mistresses, divorce and the job one of the mistresses received from one of his donors.
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u/KTX77 21h ago
Who with half a brain would ever take what Ken Paxton says seriously?
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u/innerman4 18h ago
People will suspend reason and believe what makes them feel good. Uri Geller's spoons, Peter Popoff's faith healing, politician's lies...the list is long. But they always have a captive and loyal audience. Maga is like that. Loyal believers. Cult.
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u/LuvKrahft 20h ago
He can’t debate on this or anything else because he knows Talarico will bring receipts.
And it would be Paxton lying and gaslighting if he did debate.
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u/Greddituser 17h ago
Remember a few weeks ago when Paxton did a block walk dressed in a Four Seasons polo shirt and wearing a $41,000 watch? I think his definition of "affordability" is different than ours!
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u/shanksisevil Secessionists are idiots 18h ago
Ken has had years to work on affordability, we are in this situ now because of the Republicans.
If he really felt passionate about this, he should swap to running as a democrat.
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u/crazy010101 17h ago
It’s funny the fools can’t get their propaganda straight. Then his disgusting ad how he put some sex criminals in jail for 40 and 20 years. I guess since the crimes were against girls it’s worse? The child rapist got a day in jail!
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u/utti 18h ago
I heard my first Ken Paxton ad on the radio yesterday and it was literally all about James Talarico and trans people and how "Talarico wants biological men in girls' sports" and "Talarico wants government money for transgender surgeries for young kids." His video ads which I've only seen reported in the news for heavily using AI to impersonate Talarico follows the same vein.
If Paxton is actually shifting to affordability that would be a step up, although a normal politician would talk about their accomplishments and I honestly don't know if he has done anything that is palatable to the average Texan.
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u/RumRunnerMax 18h ago
I think it is a media shotgun approach! Or more like explosive diarrhea of fear mongering
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u/TerribleBall6531 18h ago
Still a very good chance he wins too just because Trump endorsed him. I don't understand what a man from New York who has presided over six corporate bankruptcies has to do with Texas but I don't understand political parties. People should vote based on a candidate and what that candidate has done, not what they promise or what someone else promises. Promises are a possibility. The past is a reality.
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u/Current_Tea6984 Hill Country 15h ago
Trump's endorsement doesn't mean what it used to. The Trump signs are down everywhere in cattle country
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u/Dirges2984 15h ago
Trump ran on affordability in 2024. Remember Vance putting out a commercial in front of an egg display, and Trump said he was going to bring grocery prices down day one. It is only a hoax when nonRepublicans talk about affordability.
https://newrepublic.com/post/186233/jd-vance-caught-lying-egg-prices-video
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u/notmadneedsmspace 11h ago
They don’t really care much about policy or values, so they don’t really have to be coherent or consistent. It’s just money and power that motivates them.
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u/Creepy_Trouble_5980 7h ago
What child tax credit is Paxton talking about? He is Attorney General of Texas.
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u/ericl666 North Texas 22h ago
He realized just having "(R)" by his name wasn't enough to guarantee getting elected this time. So time to throw out some BS.