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In a dismissive and hostile interview, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton displays his amazing stunning anti-LGBT animus and disrespect for the U.S. Constitution.

Newly-elected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton went on CNN this morning to discuss his state legislature’s anti-gay marriage bill, a bill that would make it illegal for the State of Texas, any of its locales, or any local or state employee to recognize same-sex marriage, including issuing a marriage license to a same-sex couple, or document the marriage of a same-sex couple in any official state records.

The clearly unconstitutional bill literally defunds same-sex marriage in the Lone Star State, as it also mandates no taxpayer funds can be used in any way to support or facilitate same-sex marriage.

Paxton amusingly told Camerota that in his state, voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment in 2005 banning same-sex marriage, as if that happened only in Texas, and as if that gives them special rights no other states should have. 

Camerota updated Paxton, showing him a 2014 poll that found 48 percent of Texans support marriage equality, and 47 percent oppose it. Paxton’s response? The same as NOM president Brian Brown. “The real poll is whatever happens on Election Day.”

Amusingly, Paxton then says his job is to “enforce the will of the people,” as he ignores the poll showing the will of the people is in support of same-sex marriage.

Asked what happens if the Texas anti-gay marriage bill becomes law, what will happen when the Supreme Court rules, Paxton started to dance around the issue.

He told Camerota “we don’t know” how the language of the bill will be finalized, nor how the Supreme Court will rule, he insisted.

But the most stunning, shocking, and disturbing moment in Paxton’s interview comes when he is asked, “Texas would have to conform to the federal law, yes?”

“If the Supreme Court is making the ruling on marriage, we deal with that all the time,” Paxton responds.

Camerota pauses, wholly unsure what Paxton’s comment means.

“Meaning what?,” she asks.

Silence.

Literally silence from Paxton, for almost two seconds.

Camerota pushes, trying to get an answer.

“Meaning Texas would have to conform to the Supreme Court,” she says, assuming he will agree.

“Again, we would have to see how it worked,” Paxton, shockingly says. “We would have to see exactly how that opinion is written, versus how this law is passed.”

Paxton goes on to say he doesn’t know how the Texas anti-gay law “will fit together” or be in “direct opposition” with the Supreme Court ruling.

The obvious correct answer would have been, “Yes.”

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Camerota went on to quote Lambda Legal’s statement calling the proposed Texas law “blatantly discriminatory.”

“Aren’t you saying that the gays and lesbians in your state are not as valued, because they can’t form into a union?”

Paxton responded that the legislature is merely defining marriage as it has been “for over two centuries.” 

“And what about homosexuals who fall in love?,” Camerota asks. “What should they do?”

“Well, I mean, they can do whatever they want,” was Paxton’s dismissive, inhumane response.

Camerota, not satisfied, pushed for a better answer.

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“Well, they can’t really do what they want,” she reminded him. “Do you understand why gays in Texas would feel that that’s discriminating against them?”

“Well,” Paxton muttered, “They can feel how they want.”

CNN has not yet posted the video to its website but did post it to Twitter. You can enlarge it below:

UPDATE:
Raw Story posted the video:

Some responses via Twitter:

 

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‘I Feel So Bad for Him’: George Conway Trolls Trump Amid White House Attack

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Longtime Never-Trump critic turned Democratic congressional candidate George Conway is mocking President Donald Trump in a campaign video and a social media post while the White House targets him in a highly critical attack.

“Hi, Donald, it’s me, George Conway,” Conway, a conservative attorney, says in his video. “I cost you 88 f —— million dollars, and I’ve only just gotten started.”

“I know you like putting your name on everything from your plane to the Kennedy Center,” he continues. “But the only thing your name is gonna be left on when I’m done with you is the orange jumpsuit you’re going to have to wear in prison.”

“And you see that building back there?” he says over an image of Congress. “That’s where we’re gonna hold your third and final impeachment trial. The one that’s gonna put you away for good. And I’m gonna enjoy every minute of that.”

“We’ve got a lot of serious problems in this country, including, and especially, the price of gas — which is hitting $6 a gallon in some places, and that’s all because of you, Donald Trump. We can’t fix those problems until we impeach you and convict you. And that’s why I’m running for Congress.”

In a statement to Fox News, the White House blasted Conway.

“Lightweight George Conway is a stupid person’s idea of a smart person,” a spokesperson said. “His severe and debilitating disease known as Trump Derangement syndrome has melted his brain and made him crazy in the head.”

Conway is a co-founder of The Lincoln Project and was considered for a post as Trump’s Solicitor General at the start of his first administration. Conway withdrew his name from consideration.

On social media, Conway further mocked President Trump.

“Here’s our TV ad that poor wittle Donnie (@realDonaldTrump) didn’t wike and had to compwain to Fox ‘News’ about,” Conway wrote. “Sad! I feel so bad for him.”

Conway is running for a reliably blue seat in Manhattan.

“Conway, who previously lived in Bethesda, Md., before launching his congressional campaign, faces an uphill battle in the race for the heavily Democratic seat vacated by longtime Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., who is retiring,” Fox News reported.

Earlier this year, Conway warned, “The way things are going in America, it should be clear we don’t have much time.”

“We certainly don’t have three years,” he said in February. “We need to help ourselves by pushing for impeachment and removal as hard as we can and carrying it out as soon as humanly possible.”

 

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A Letter From Florida Has a Blunt Verdict on the MAGA Movement: It’s ‘Dying’

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The Villages in Florida, the largest retirement community in the world, has been home to an extremely active MAGA movement. Roughly seven out of ten county residents voted for Trump in 2024, and its MAGA golf cart parades are legendary.

But Sunday’s parade was sparsely attended, according to a letter to the editor in The Villages News, which declares that the MAGA movement there is “dying.”

Casey Marr writes that they arrived at President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday golf cart parade, found many open parking spaces “and only a few people milling around” 30 minutes before the starting time. At 1:00 p.m., the official start time, “there was certainly no big crowd of cheering people” to welcome the parade of golf carts, which numbered only about 100 and lasted just 20 minutes.

Marr explains that there were two smaller starting places, and says that even if they had a similar number of carts, there would only have been “a pitiful 303.”

“This was advertised as a Guinness World Record challenge,” Marr says. “The record was set on Sept. 4, 2005, here in The Villages with 3,321 golf carts.”

According to Newsweek, Trump’s approval in Florida is 13 points underwater. Nationwide, Trump is 23 points underwater.

“Several states that began his term in positive territory, including Florida, Ohio and Texas, are now net negative,” Newsweek noted. “Deep-red states still form Trump’s strongest base, but many of those margins have narrowed sharply since January 2025.”

The golf cart parade fell short of the record, but Marr notes that The Villages’ “No Kings” rallies have grown “exponentially.” The “latest had two locations with attendance close to 6,000.”

“There is now a ‘Leaving MAGA’ billboard here on U.S. Hwy. 441,” Marr writes. “The ‘Trump 47’ website is down. The MAGA Club almost never holds any events. You almost never see a Trump flag flying anymore.”

Trump, Marr charges, “is using the office to line his pockets. Started a war which spiked gas prices along with everything else. Inflation and unemployment are rising. Aligned himself with murderous war criminals like Putin. He continues to protect pedophilia. This weekend he is desecrating the White House by holding a fighting match like Caligula being entertained by gladiators. The list of horrific things being done, especially in this administration, is endless. And he’s even lost former stalwarts like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson.”

“Yes,” Marr declares, “MAGA is dying in the country and even here. Florida is purple now again and turning bluer daily.”

 

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Red State Democrats Sound 2026 Warning Over ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’

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Democratic candidates running in red states and hoping to flip districts are warning against “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” the president’s and his supporters’ name for reflexive anti-Trump sentiment.

“Arguing about Donald Trump, somebody people voted for probably three times, isn’t going to be very conducive to getting things accomplished or reaching some common ground,” Kansas farmer and veterinarian Don Coover, challenging an incumbent GOP congressman in a deep-red district, told Bloomberg Government. Coover “said his party has to dial back the national rhetoric if it wants to compete in Trump-friendly places.”

Andrew Sneed, who is challenging a GOP incumbent congressman in a deep red Alabama district, told Bloomberg, “If we make this election about President Trump in my district and in districts like this around the country, we’re going to lose.”

Democrats hope to retake the House majority, and have targeted 25 GOP-held seats.

U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) urged Democrats to focus on the issues, such as affordability, and not on Donald Trump.

“It’s less about him than the fact that he’s not paying attention to the issue of affordability,” Suozzi told Bloomberg. “It’s not about Trump. It’s not about Trump derangement syndrome, and it’s not about his sometimes interesting behavior. It’s about policies that affect peoples’ lives.”

U.S. Rep. Laura Gillen, a vulnerable New York Democrat who is being targeted by the House GOP’s campaign arm, “said she is focused on touting her bipartisan work across the aisle, keeping Trump’s name at bay.”

“My messaging has been focused on what I am doing to try and make life more affordable,” Gillen told Bloomberg. “I ran for Congress and said I’d work with anyone from any party to get things done.”

Some warn that campaigning against Trump directly could backfire, especially should the president’s low approval numbers rebound.

Bloomberg notes that Republicans are targeting 29 Democrats, including 23 incumbents who represent voters in districts Trump won.

Democratic incumbents and candidates have stated their messaging plainly. The Republican National Committee is  accusing them of “TDS.”

“Voters want secure borders, lower prices, safer communities, and a strong economy, not Trump Derangement Syndrome,” RNC spokesperson Kiersten Pels said in a statement. “Americans are seeing through the Democrats’ tired strategy of attacking and vilifying President Trump and his supporters.”

 

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