President Donald Trump’s willingness to wield presidential power to punish political enemies has made national headlines. In our home state, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has done the same.
As Texas’s top law enforcement officer, Paxton should be focused on upholding the rule of law. Instead, he’s prioritized personal ambition, time and again. For instance, he’s turned the attorney general’s office into a tool of vengeful political theater in his pursuit of so-called voter fraud, an accusation he has failed to substantiate.