Far-Right Billionaires Rally To Save Texas AG Ken Paxton

The Texas Tribune reports:

A vote to impeach Paxton, Jonathan Stickland wrote on Twitter, “is a decision to have a primary.” “Wait till you see my PAC budget,” he later added. Stickland is the leader of Defend Texas Liberty, a political action committee that has donated millions of dollars to far-right candidates in the state.

It is a key part of the constellation of political campaigns, institutions and dark-money groups that a trio of West Texas oil tycoons — Tim Dunn and brothers Farris and Dan Wilks — have pumped small fortunes into as part of a long-term crusade to push Texas to the extreme right.

Now, with the clock ticking toward Paxton’s September impeachment trial before the Texas Senate, Stickland and his far-right friends are fighting hard and spending big to protect their most important ally — and to stave off a major loss amid their ongoing fight for control of the Texas GOP.

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