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Mockery as GOP airs 'most embarrassing ad' featuring candidate's estranged wife
What happened
RawStory reports that a Republican super PAC aired a 30-second ad featuring Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, the estranged wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, as he campaigns against James Talarico for a Senate seat. The ad, funded by an affiliate of Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s Senate Leadership Fund, asks voters to support the Republican ticket without naming Ken Paxton.
That omission became the story. Angela Paxton filed for divorce on “biblical grounds” after her husband began his Senate campaign last year, according to the report. She had also attended his 2023…
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