Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico released a new advertisement on Wednesday, tearing into his competitor, state Attorney General Ken Paxton, for dodging the Democrat’s invitations to debate.

Talarico challenged Paxton to three televised debates for the weeks leading up to the general election, but said the Republicans’ “billionaire handlers won’t let their favorite puppet answer questions in public.”

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