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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Politics
Terence Repelente

Leaked Audio Catches G.O.P. Senate Nominee Ken Paxton Admitting Trump Convention Hurt Republican Poll Numbers

Ken Paxton was caught on audio trashing Trump's midterm convention (Credit: Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons)

Texas Attorney General and Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton was recorded telling donors that Republican poll numbers fell after the Trump-headlined midterm convention in Dallas, according to audio obtained by The New York Times.

Paxton made the comments at a private fundraiser in Washington last week attended by conservative donors and lobbyists.

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