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Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke, a Texas Democrat, is getting a taste of Dems’ own medicine from Texas GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton. (Nordin Catic / Getty Images; Eric Gay – file / AP)
August 14, 2025 at 5:33pm
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is using the far-left playbook against Democrats by investigating failed gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke, while also holding liberals to their own standards within the court of public opinion.
Paxton asked a state court earlier this week to hold O’Rourke in criminal contempt for his role in the Texas redistricting saga.
The Republican state AG claimed O’Rourke ignored a temporary restraining order preventing his group from “raising funds for non-political purposes … through the ActBlue platform,” Paxton’s emergency motion read.
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