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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Trump-mocked Texas Senate hopeful bites the hand that feeds him in leaked clip

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was heard complaining about a lack of ‘control’ over his Senate campaign, which he admitted was being run by Washington, DC, amid tensions with President Donald Trump - (AFP/Getty)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was heard complaining about a lack of “control” over his Senate campaign, which he admitted was being run by Washington, D.C., amid tensions with President Donald Trump.

The leaked audio recording of Paxton’s private remarks at the fundraising lunch on Sept. 24, obtained by Politico, comes just 30 days before the midterm elections and after he criticized Trump’s convention in Dallas last month.

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