Why does a small Texas GOP group keep electing Ken Paxton, despite all this hassle? [View all]
Loyalty is a good trait, especially in politics.
But it should be earned, and it should have some limits.
Attorney General Ken Paxton enjoys a fervent base of voters who have stuck with him for a decade, no matter what he’s done to disgrace his office. Even as most House Republicans voted Saturday to impeach him, seeing strong evidence of bribery and other crimes that merit a Senate trial, his fans vow to fight for him until the end.
The shorthand for why they do so is that the (now suspended) attorney general is a “true conservative.” But it looks a lot like the cult of personality that surrounds Donald Trump. In other words, they support Paxton because he “fights” and he makes the right people mad.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-does-small-texas-gop-180422482.html
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