James Talarico tells Katy on MS NOW that Paxton has pointed to scheduling problems over Talarico's debate offer, which Talarico says isn't true. Asked what he'd press him on, Talarico says Paxton increased his net worth by $27 million as a public employee, owns 15 homes on a government salary, and was impeached by his own party and reported to the FBI by his own staff. He also accuses Paxton of taking bribes from wealthy donors.
The receipt
- Who
- James Talarico
- Where
- interview - MS NOW, Katy Tur in Fort Worth, two weeks before the midterm
- Original footage
- MS NOW · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 39 seconds, unedited within the cut
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Read the transcript
You've offered to debate him. He says he can't make the scheduling work or something. Or that you can't make the scheduling work. You say that's not true. If you were standing here with Ken Paxton, what would you be pressing him on? I mean I would ask Ken how he increased his net worth by 27 million dollars as a public employee. I would ask him how he owns 15 homes on a government salary. I would ask him why he was impeached by his own party and reported to the FBI by his own staff. And I would ask him why he's taking bribes from wealthy donors while he blocks our overtime pay and guts our healthcare. I mean, this, Ken Paxson represents everything that's broken in this corrupt political system.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.