Campaign ‘all coming from DC,’ Paxton says

RIGHT SO CONTEXT FIRST BECAUSE IT MATTERS SO I LITERALLY PUT MY DRINK DOWN WHEN I HEARD THIS BECAUSE KEN PAXTON IS RUNNING FOR SENATE IN TEXAS BUT HE IS OUT HERE TELLING PEOPLE AT A FUNDRAISER THAT HE DOES NOT ACTUALLY CONTROL THE MESSAGE OF HIS OWN CAMPAIGN WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE HE LITERALLY SAID IT IS ALL COMING FROM DC WHICH MAKES YOU WONDER WHO IS RUNNING THE SHOW IF NOT THE CANDIDATE HIMSELF RIGHT LIKE THE ARTICLE SAYS HE ADMITTED HE DOES NOT CONTROL WHAT THEY ARE DOING OR WHAT THE MESSAGE IS SO NOW WE ARE LEFT GUESSING WHO IS ACTUALLY PULLING THE STRINGS FROM THE CAPITAL WHILE HE JUST SHOWS UP TO THE EVENTS OR SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS BUT IT IS JUST WEIRD THAT HE JUST SAID IT OUT LOUD AT A FUNDRAISER ANYWAY I WILL BE FURIOUS ABOUT THIS TOMORROW.

WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NUMBERS ON THIS OR RATHER THE LACK OF CONTROL ON THIS BECAUSE KEN PAXTON IS OUT HERE ACTIVELY DISAVOWING CONTROL OVER HIS OWN TEXAS SENATE CAMPAIGN TELLING FOLKS AT A SEPTEMBER FUNDRAISER THAT THE WHOLE OPERATION IS ALL COMING FROM DC AND HE IS NOT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT WHICH IS HONESTLY SO STRANGE BECAUSE USUALLY CANDIDATES PRETEND TO BE THE BOSS BUT HE IS JUST STRAIGHT UP ADMITTING HE HAS NO SAY IN THE MESSAGE OR THE STRATEGY AND APPARENTLY THAT IS JUST HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK ACCORDING TO HIM SO NOW WE ARE JUST SITTING HERE WONDERING WHY HE IS EVEN THE GUY ON THE TICKET IF DC IS DOING EVERYTHING FOR HIM BUT THAT IS LITERALLY ALL THE ARTICLE GIVES US SO WE HAVE TO GUESS THE REST ANYWAY, WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE.

Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton stated at a September fundraising event that he does not control his campaign message, claiming it is directed from Washington D.C.

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