Chip Roy launches Texas attorney general bid

[In It to Win It]

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) officially launched his bid for Texas attorney general Thursday, jumping into the crowded Republican primary to replace the outgoing Attorney General Ken Paxton (R).

“Texans’ next attorney general must have a proven record of fighting to preserve, protect, and defend our legacy,” Roy said in his campaign launch video posted Thursday.

The Hill was the first outlet to report on Roy eyeing a run for the Lone Star State’s top law enforcement position earlier this month.

Next year’s race will mark the first open attorney general contest in the state since 2014, when Paxton was first elected. Paxton is challenging incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) for his seat in a hotly contested primary next year.

Roy joins a number of other Republicans seeking to replace Paxton, including state Sens. Mayes Middleton and Joan Huffman, as well as Aaron Reitz, who previously worked in the Trump administration and for Paxton.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/chip-roy-launches-texas-attorney-130804531.html

[marble falls]

1. That nut case is maybe the best choice out of the rest of the nut cakes.

[Frasier Balzov]

2. Can he also run for reelection to Congress?

I'm assuming Chip Roy's TX-21 will be surviving the curent gerrymandering more or less intact.

[LeftInTX]

8. You can't file for two offices at the same time.

There are several MAGATS lined up for his seat.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. MaddowBlog-House Freedom Caucus' future turns bleak as Chip Roy eyes Texas' AG race

After setting its credibility on fire, and as more members give up their seats, the right-wing faction is struggling to exist.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/house-freedom-caucus-future-turns-bleak-chip-roy-eyes-texas-ag-race-rcna226545

In recent years, Rep. Chip Roy has frequently been a thorn in House GOP leaders’ side, and now that the Republican lawmaker is giving up his seat to run for statewide office in Texas, it’s likely they won’t be sorry to see him go. The Texas Tribune reported:

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin, announced a run for Texas attorney general Thursday, joining a crowded Republican primary field vying to replace Ken Paxton. A conservative but often rebellious member of Congress, Roy served as Paxton’s top deputy for two years before becoming an outspoken critic of his former boss.

Time will tell how Roy fares in his upcoming primary campaign, but as he prepares to walk away from Capitol Hill, he joins a number of other House Freedom Caucus members who are also planning their exit from Congress. In alphabetical order:

Rep. Andy Biggs is running for governor in Arizona

Rep. Byron Donalds is running for governor in Florida

Rep. Barry Moore running for Senate in Alabama

Rep. Ralph Norman is running for governor in South Carolina

Rep. Chip Roy is running for state attorney general in Texas

Their departures suggest the Freedom Caucus is poised to lose some of its highest-profile and more influential members......

What’s more, the contingent’s troubles aren’t limited to personnel. On the contrary, the House Freedom Caucus has also spent 2025 setting its credibility on fire. Consider the recent list:

In January, House Freedom Caucus members said they were prepared to derail House Speaker Mike Johnson’s bid for a second term with the gavel, and then they caved.

In March, House Freedom Caucus members said they were opposed to a stopgap spending measure needed to prevent a shutdown, and then they caved.

In April, House Freedom Caucus members slammed their party’s budget resolution, and then caved.

In May, House Freedom Caucus members railed against their party’s reconciliation package, and then they caved.

In July, House Freedom Caucus members condemned the Senate’s version of the GOP megabill, and then caved.

As a recent Washington Post analysis summarized:

Each threat from leaders of the House Freedom Caucus ended with the same result: capitulation. After caving on each round of threats, these far-right conservatives vowed that the next time would be different — if their demands were not met precisely as they sought. This collection of several dozen Republicans, after a decade of rabble-rousing that helped push aside three other speakers, has yet to fully buck Johnson ... on any major initiative this year.

.....As its members prepare to exit the chamber, the House Freedom Caucus isn’t just losing, it’s evaporating.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. Rachel posted on this

[Initech]

5. Oh god, replacing one pile of shit with an even worse pile of shit...

What could go wrong?

[In It to Win It]

6. That's a hard one... which one is a bigger pile of shit 😂

[Initech]

7. Chip Roy and Ken Paxton are both pieces of shit!

Texas really needs better.