Ken Paxton Admits Team Trump Controls His Campaign in Leaked Audio

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PAXTON: “... which in a federal race comes from other people a lot of times, which you don't control. So I have a little control over my bucket. That's about it. And my little bit of time that I can go out and get to as many people as I can. But I've never been in a race where I felt less control over the campaign and like what issues are going to matter because it's all coming, you know, from D.C. and I don't control message or what we're doing or -- and I can't, I have no -- I don't have the ability to change anything. So I have to live with whatever I've got. So it is a challenge and it's, that's what the -- hopefully this polling will help us figure out. I don't think it's hard all the time. We've worked so hard to get. Make sure that we are maximizing every cent so that people understand the difference between him and me.”