Republican Senatorial Committee Quietly Tries to Cover Up Its Past Attacks on Ken Paxton

The National Republican Senatorial Committee quietly deleted several posts attacking Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after he won his Senate runoff race on Tuesday in a landslide.

The Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, which backed ousted Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn, removed a statement from July 10 which criticized Paxton’s extramarital affair while married to Republican Texas State Sen. Angela Paxton. The page on the website takes readers to a “404” page, which includes a photograph of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and states, “You’re As Lost As They Are!”

“What Ken Paxton has put his family through is truly repulsive and disgusting. No one should have to endure what Angela Paxton has, and we pray for her as she chooses to stand up for herself and her family during this difficult time,” NRSC communications director Joanna Rodriguez said at the time.

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