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We can pack it in. We've already got the. best political ad of the year, and. nothing is going to top this. >> This is Ken Paxton, and this is Ken. Paxton stealing someone's $1,000 pen. Here's what happened. The incident. happened at the Collin County. Courthouse, the same courthouse where. Paxton would later be indicted for. investment fraud. Paxton walked up to. the trays next to the metal detectors, rummaged through them, and came across. [music] someone else's expensive Mont. Blanc pen. He decided to take it for. himself. The pen belonged to Joe Joplin,

a local attorney who'd accidentally left. it behind. It was a special gift from. his wife. When Joe realized it was. missing, he contacted courthouse. security. >> [music]. >> This is the footage they pulled. Ken. Paxton, on camera, stealing this man's. pen. [music] After the police got. involved, Joe got his pen back. He could. have pressed charges, but he decided. against it because Joe's a nice guy. He. never takes someone else's pen, but he. also hasn't forgotten who took his. >> Hi, I'm Joe Joplin, and I endorse James. Talarico for the United States Senate.

>> Vote for James Talarico. He won't steal your pen. >> Imagine. Just imagine being such a. shameless con man, having so little. integrity that you're willing to steal a. pen. Like, there is no item too small. when it comes to the egregious grift of. somebody like Ken Paxton. Not to. mention, do you not realize that you're under. surveillance in a courthouse? Ken Paxton. is either too stupid to know that he's. being recorded or too corrupt to care, but either way, probably regretting it.

now that he's the star of this brand new. ad. And let's be clear, Paxton's. corruption has always been a massive. liability. This is somebody who was. indicted in 2015 on felony security. fraud charges, for which he was. ultimately forced to pay $300,000 in. restitution. In 2020, senior deputies in. his own office reported him to the FBI, alleging that he'd abused his power to. help political donor Nate Paul, including issuing favorable legal. opinions and pushing for investigations. into Paul's business rivals, allegedly.

in part because Paul had employed a. woman with whom Ken Paxton was having an. extramarital affair. Those whistleblowers were fired. Several. later won a $6.6 million judgment. against his office for it, and the. scandal snowballed into a historic 2023. impeachment by the Texas House, which. was ruled by Republicans where he was. impeached by a vote of 121 to 23, though. the state Senate ultimately acquitted. him. On top of all of that, his marriage. to state Senator Angela Paxton ended in.

a headline-grabbing divorce that cited. both infidelity and his conduct in. office. And now, he is newly dealing. with allegations that he may have voted. illegally in six elections over the past. 2 years from an address that he no. longer lived at. To claim that Ken. Paxton is a disaster candidate is an. insult to disaster candidates. And yet, that's why Donald Trump. endorsed him. Not because he's a better. person or a better politician, but. expressly because he is not. Quick side. note here, as you know, I've been making.

videos like this for a decade now. I. have never paywalled any of my content. I never will. But, this is the one time. that I'll ask for some support. I'd like. to try and hit the New York Times. bestseller list this week for my new. book, The Day After. If you haven't yet. grabbed a copy, please click the link on. this screen, in the post description, in. the comments, or go to. briantylercohen.com/book. I really appreciate it. In fact, Paxton's weaknesses as a candidate are. so obvious that even Fox News is calling. him out. >> Paxton should be doing that. Where is. Paxton? I've seen Mitch McConnell more.

than Paxton. McConnell's been in the. hospital all summer. Get out of your. hole, Paxton, and do something. I can't. win this race for you. It's not on Fox. Go raise some money, do a hit, and lay. the lumber to this guy. I mean, he's. younger and he's got a little energy and. he's new or whatever, but come on. If. you lose this seat for Republicans in. Texas, you should seek asylum in Mexico. >> Just so you understand how not good that.

is, Fox lives in a reality of its own. creation. They can pretend that Donald. Trump is a genius. They can pretend that. the Epstein files have been released. They can pretend that Todd Blanche is a. legitimate and fair attorney general. They have zero shame when it comes to. faking out their own audience. So, for. those people to not be able to polish. the turd that is Ken Paxton's campaign, really does say something. Although, in. fairness, if I was Ken Paxton, I'd. rather be absent considering this is. what it looks like when the cameras do. catch up with him.

>> General, I wanted to give you a chance. to respond to State Representative. Talarico and his campaign. They've made. a lot about the reports that have come. out, one in the New York Times about you. acquiring properties worth noting. >> Subject, can we keep this to law. enforcement today? >> Well, I'm giving you the opportunity to. to answer the questions. >> As I said, we're here with the sheriffs. I'd like to keep today to law. enforcement. So, that's that's what I'm. going to answer questions about law. enforcement. >> Okay. >> Gromer, did you want to go? >> Yeah, will you answer a question about.

why you voted in Collin County? Clear that up. >> just going to do questions on law. enforcement today because we're joined. with 22 amazing law enforcement. officers. >> I have a question. >> We're going to get out of here. Thank. you guys. >> I have a question. >> Yeah, we're going to get out of here. Thank you. >> Can we not have more than one person. answer a question? >> What's your question? >> Um, we heard from Talarico today. He's campaigning on it is. >> That was Ken Paxton bolting when asked. to respond to allegations that he's. collected 15 homes on a government.

salary, which of course he never answers. for. But, my favorite part about this is. that he claims that he doesn't want to. talk about James Talarico. while standing in front of a podium that. literally says Talarico's name and has a. photo of James Talarico. In other words, he wants to be able to attack Talarico, but not have to answer for any of. Talarico's accusations against him. Always ready to throw punches, but. physically incapable of taking them. Or. how about this moment right here?

>> Mr. Paxton, did you commit voter fraud? >> If you're wondering why he's getting hit. with questions on voter fraud, that's. because Ken Paxton, who has built much. of his brand around taking a hardline. stance against voter fraud, is now the. subject of an investigation that found. he voted in six elections over the past. 2 years using the address of a Collin. County home that he no longer lives in. His estranged wife, State Senator Angela.

Paxton, stated in her divorce filings. that he moved out following their split. roughly 2 years ago. Where he's actually. been residing since has not been. entirely clear, though prior reporting. has linked him to a separate home in. Denton County, which, if accurate, would. make him ineligible to vote in Collin. County elections at all. Voting from an. ineligible address is generally a. second-degree felony under Texas law, which is punishable by up to 20 years in. prison and a $10,000 fine. Talarico has seized on the allegations.

directly. He said that Ken Paxton was. committing voter fraud the whole time, voting illegally in six elections in a. row from the wrong address. Paxton has. so far declined to answer reporters'. questions about his residency and voter. registration. So, yeah, I guess I'm not. entirely surprised that Paxton would run. away from those questions, considering. he's now accused of doing the exact. thing he predicated his entire brand on. fighting against. Now, we might have the. opportunity to actually see Ken Paxton. on the debate stage with James Talarico, where he might, oh, I don't know, deign.

to answer some of the questions that. have been posed to him. Talarico said, quote, "Debate times and locations have. been set. I've accepted. We'll see if. Ken Paxton has the courage to show up or. if he'll run away like usual. When asked. if he'd participate, here's what he. said. >> Are you ready to face [music] Mr. Talarico in a debate, sir? >> So, uh yeah, not exactly too promising. Talarico spoke about this on air here.

>> So, you've agreed to these three. debates. Uh the schedule is September. 22nd, all Tuesdays, September 22nd, October 6th, October 13th. Uh Ken Paxton and the Republican TV ad. campaign has been throwing all sorts of. junk at you. Uh and so this this first. time we're going to see uh you. confronting this very directly with. Paxton will be September 22nd. Uh do do you expect uh him to bring into. the debate all the kinds of uh insulting.

junk he's been throwing around? >> Well, you know, Ken Paxton has not. accepted any of these debates yet. When. I get tough questions, I answer them. When Ken Paxton gets tough questions, he. runs away. Literally runs away from. reporters, from voters, from anyone. asking hard questions. If you've given. an Epstein-style sweetheart deal to an. admitted child predator, you should have. to answer the public's questions. If you. were reported to the FBI for bribery by.

your own staff, you should have to. answer the public's questions. If you've. become a multi-millionaire on a. government salary and now own 15 homes. on the public's dime, then you should. have to answer the public's questions. I. get it. If I had Ken Paxton's record of. corruption, I wouldn't want to answer. these questions either. But, he's asking. for your vote. He is asking for your. trust. And the people of Texas deserve. answers. So, I've challenged Ken Paxton.

to these three televised debates. The. networks have already set the dates and. the times and the locations. We're just. waiting on Ken Paxton. I'm not afraid of. tough questions. We'll see if Ken Paxton. can say the same. >> So, there could be an empty chair at. these debates. >> There might be. And Ken Paxton has a. long history of saying one thing and. doing another, of promising to show up. and then and then not showing up. And. so, I'll believe it when he walks onto.

that debate stage. I think the people of. Texas deserve answers to their very. legitimate questions about his career of. corruption. He hasn't debated in more. than a decade. He hasn't made himself. available to questions from the public. And I think that should end this. November as Texans face this very. important choice on November 3rd. >> The reality is that I almost understand. why Ken Paxton is absent, considering. the only thing worse than him being. completely MIA on the campaign trail is. him actually being present on the. campaign trail. Because when we do see.

Ken Paxton, he has to answer for the. massive amounts of corruption and. scandals that he's been involved in, ranging from voter fraud to stealing a. pen. Because no amount of illegal. behavior is too little when it comes to. Ken Paxton. >> [music]. >> Before you go, one quick request. It's. become clear to me that this White House. is dead set on preventing me from. reaching any audience. Trump's decision. to put me as the first name on his. enemies list is a testament to that. But. it didn't quiet down then, and I won't.

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