Paxton’s persecution: Texas faithful can’t ignore what’s happening in Senate race

Published April 20, 2026 6:00am ET | Updated April 20, 2026 9:54am ET



Texans love to say, “As Texas goes, so goes America.” I would argue that what happens in Texas affects the world.

In many ways, that has been true in the fight for religious liberty for the last 70 years. A new battle over religious liberty is brewing in the race to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate. And so far, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his team are on the wrong side of it.

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