WarRoom Battleground EP 951: Breakdown Of The Texas Attorney General Debate

Summary

Podcast Summary: WarRoom Battleground EP 951 – Breakdown Of The Texas Attorney General Debate

Date: February 18, 2026
Host: Stephen K. Bannon (WarRoom.org)
Central Guests: Chip Roy, Aaron Wright, Joan Huffman, Mays Middleton
Special Segment Moderator/Questioner: Kris Kobach

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Episode Overview

This episode of Bannon’s WarRoom focuses on an in-depth analysis and real-time breakdown of the Texas Attorney General primary debate. Host Stephen K. Bannon frames Texas as a pivotal front in the larger battle for conservative legal and political dominance, especially in the context of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s legacy and the upcoming 2026 elections. The episode features audio excerpts from the debate, with Bannon and guests dissecting policy platforms, personal attacks, and ideological distinctions between the leading candidates: Chip Roy, Aaron Wright (Paxton’s chosen successor), Joan Huffman, and Mays Middleton.

The episode is urgent and combative in tone, emphasizing the stakes of the Attorney General’s race for Texas – and, in Bannon's narrative, for the nation as a whole.

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Key Discussion Points and Candidate Insights

Opening Rhetoric & Security Themes

• National Security & Sharia Law
  • Chip Roy opens by warning, “Islamic jihadis are plotting against you.” [00:08]
  • Bannon presses the fear of Sharia “compounds” and asserts, “The United States Constitution and Sharia are fundamentally at odds with one another. We’re going to tell them, take your Sharia law and shove it.” [00:48, 00:56]
  • Joan Huffman states, “Islam will never dominate the United States, and by the grace of God, it will not dominate Texas.” [01:00]
  • Mays Middleton emphasizes, “Any attempt to impose Sharia law in Texas” will be “purged.” [00:33]
  • Notable Quote (Bannon): “As Texas goes, so goes the nation. As the nation goes, so goes the world.” [01:07, 31:39]

Candidate Introductions & Credentials

Chip Roy (Tea Party, Ted Cruz’s Chief of Staff, Freedom Caucus)

• Cites a deep record of conservative fights over two decades.
• Highlights efforts on border security, opposition to amnesty, and challenging Obama-era initiatives.
• Quote: “I led by introducing legislation to ban Chinese Communists from owning our land, to designate cartels as terrorist organizations.” [04:15]
• Pledges: “As Attorney General, I’ll be one of one instead of one of 435, fighting for you, the people of Texas.” [05:45]

Aaron Wright (Ken Paxton’s Endorsed Deputy, DOJ Senior Official)

• Frames the AG job as a legal and law enforcement executive role.
• Critiques rivals for having only legislative, not courtroom, experience.
• Claims an “85% win rate” against Biden’s DOJ, says he’s “battle tested” and the only candidate “ready to lead the fight in court.” [05:46, 07:19]
• Quote: “Attorney General Practston has served our state effectively… But now the time has come to choose a new chief legal officer.” [05:46]

Joan Huffman (Longtime Prosecutor, Judge, State Senator)

• Focuses on career in criminal justice, as prosecutor, judge, and legislative chairwoman.
• Claims authorship of Texas’s voter ID and first Sharia Law bills.
• Quote: “I have the qualifications, the will and the work ethic to be your next Attorney General.” [07:19]

Mays Middleton (Senate Conservative, Abbott’s Endorsee)

• Emphasizes culture war victories: stopping men in women’s spaces, prayer in schools.
• Focus on stopping China from buying land and “Islamification.”
• Quote: “This is a show me, don’t tell me business, and I can show you the results.” [08:54]

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Main Policy Debates & Exchanges

Closed Primaries in Texas

• Kris Kobach questions candidates on moving to a closed primary system.
• Roy: “Yes, and enforce the law.” [10:35]
• Huffman: Deference to legislative process and enforcement. [10:38]
• Middleton: Shares anecdote of “Democrats voting in the Republican primary.” Advocates closing primaries to ensure conservative outcomes. [10:53]
• Wright: Argues for closing on constitutional (First Amendment) grounds and touts litigation experience. [11:35]

Notable Moment:

• Wright to his rivals on First Amendment litigation: “I’m the only one… who has successfully done it.” [11:35]

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Energy Policy & Green New Deal Opposition

• Middleton: Calls it the “green new scam,” boasts about banning wind farms and prioritizing oil and gas. Suggests using old turbine blades to build the border wall. [13:17, 13:54]
• Roy: References work on major litigation against the Obama Clean Power Plan; stresses the need for AGs to unite across states against federal overreach. [14:29]
• Wright: Details leading environmental lawsuits versus Biden administration, winning 85% as Paxton’s deputy. [15:34]
• Quote: “We’re going to drill, baby, drill.” (Wright) [15:34]

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Crime, Prosecutorial Leniency & State Power

• Kris Kobach: Would candidates challenge lenient, “Soros-funded” prosecutors?
• Wright: Pledges within first month to seek removal of DAs in Dallas, Travis, and Harris counties. Labels them “leftist, insurrectionist communists.” [17:07, 40:42]
• Roy: Cites Crime Stoppers data (“222 Houstonians murdered by repeat felons”), proposes giving more removal authority to the governor and AG. [18:13, 41:50]
• Huffman: Touts 40 years in law enforcement, says expedited DA removals “cannot be done on day one” – calls for following statutory/constitutional process. [19:21, 42:59]
• Middleton: Endorses ability to remove DAs who violate their oaths; wants AG to have prosecution power but notes it will need legislative change. [20:25, 44:03]
• Notable Exchange:
  • Wright rebuts Huffman, calling her caution “loser mentality” and insisting on creative, aggressive lawfare: “Don’t be fooled by the kind of Republican that says it can’t be done.” [21:37, 45:14]

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Foreign Influence – China and Land Ownership

• Wright: “Sharia is the greatest civilizational threat… China… the greatest geopolitical threat.” Outlines ongoing Paxton-led AG campaigns against CCP land deals, tech, and infrastructure penetration. [35:41]
• Roy: Points to his 2019 legislation to ban CCP land purchases, standing alone at first, but now widely adopted. [36:55]
• Huffman: Co-authored recent anti-CCP land ownership bill; calls for deeper audit/assessment. [38:11]
• Middleton: Claims WeChat and mainland China actively interfered in Texas legislation; insists new law empowers AG to “force them to divest.” [39:18]

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Transgender Medical Care for Minors

• Kobach: Candidates asked how they’ll enforce new ban.
• Roy: Endorsed by Chloe Cole (detransitioner/activist). Cites support for legislation and “funding string” approach. [46:19, 46:39]
• Middleton: Declares: “This is child abuse, Period… There is no right to hurt a child.” Criticizes Roy’s perceived softness, quotes Terry Schilling: “No greater ally to the transgender lobby than Chip Roy.” [47:28]
• Wright: Takes credit with Paxton for the legal framework that enabled the ban, re-assails Roy for amendments “conceding” to the trans lobby. [48:37]
• Roy Rebuttal: Argues for pragmatism—his U.S. House amendment was to cut funding, not legalize surgeries. Notes bill’s author (Marjorie Taylor Greene) left Congress, bill is dead. [49:38]

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Closing Statements and Final Attacks

• Huffman: Draws on experience, pledges to fight for safety, law, and Texas values. [50:14]
• Roy: Shares personal story of surviving cancer, promises to “leave it all on the battlefield.” [51:18]
• Wright: Recalls swearing the oath as a Marine and at DOJ, says threats are now domestic: “The primary threats… are the domestic enemies of the Constitution.” [52:23]
• Middleton: Bold, direct attack on Roy: “We don't need… an Attorney general like Chip Roy that has spent 10 years fighting President Trump, defending Liz Cheney, calling us MAGA effers…” Argues his status as the most protested candidate shows his effectiveness. [53:33]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Stephen K. Bannon:
  • “As Texas goes, so goes the nation. As the nation goes, so goes the world. Are you prepared to fight for this state? Are you prepared to fight for your country?” [01:07; 31:39]
  • “We purge any attempt to impose Sharia law in Texas.” [00:33]
• Aaron Wright:
  • “If you have the courage to get something done in the justice system, as Paxton has shown us for over a decade, you can get it done.” [21:37]
  • “I will seek the removal of the Dallas County District Attorney… within the first month.” [17:07, 40:42]
• Chip Roy:
  • “I promised my kids, I promised my wife that I would leave it all on the battlefield to try to save this great state and this great nation. We cannot lose Texas.” [51:18]
• Mays Middleton:
  • “There is no right to hurt a child.” [47:28]
  • “We can't let [the left] win. I am already defeating the left. That is why we're here tonight.” [53:33]
• Joan Huffman:
  • “Are there bad DAs? Yes. But I will say the vast majority… are great people who have their constituents' goodwill at heart.” [19:21, 42:59]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Sharia Law, National Security Theme (Opening): 00:08–01:22
• Candidate Introductions: 04:15–08:54
• Closed Primaries: 10:27–11:35
• Energy/Green New Deal: 13:00–15:34
• Prosecutorial Leniency/Crime: 16:53–20:25, Repeats at 40:30–45:14
• Foreign Land Ownership/China Threat: 35:23–40:30
• Transgender Youth Medical Ban: 45:52–49:38
• Closing Statements: 50:14–54:55

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Tone & Takeaways

Aggressive, high-stakes, and culture-war driven, the debate revolves heavily around themes of existential threat—whether from foreign adversaries (Islamists, CCP), “Soros-backed” prosecutors, or progressive activist groups. Differentiation between candidates centers on legal competence vs. legislative experience, record of lawsuits, and willingness to take radical action. Personal attacks are frequent, especially from Aaron Wright and Mays Middleton toward Chip Roy; Huffman positions herself as the steady, experienced hand.

For listeners who missed the episode:
This debate highlights the ideological battleground within the Texas GOP and the broader MAGA movement, setting vivid contrasts in style and substance between the four contenders for the Attorney General’s office—even as they all pledge unyielding combativeness on key partisan issues. Expect fireworks, not subtlety.

Transcript

[Chip Roy]

Islamic jihadis are plotting against you.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Why in the hell you think they're in Houston and the north of Dallas?

[Chip Roy]

They are working together to overthrow Western.

[Joan Huffman]

Civilization, Sharia compounds which are areas governed by religious rules.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

We know who you are, we know what you are, and we know what you're trying to accomplish.

And it is not going to happen.

In the jewel of the crown, of the union of this republic, we purge.

[Mays Middleton]

Any attempt to impose Sharia law in Texas.

[Aaron Wright]

They are not coming.

[Chip Roy]

They are already here.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

You are not here properly and you're going to leave. On 3 March, Sharia law goes on.

The ballot in the state of Texas. The United States Constitution and Sharia are fundamentally at odds with one another.

We're going to tell them, take your Sharia law and shove it.

[Joan Huffman]

Islam will never dominate the United States, and by the grace of God, it will not dominate Texas.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

As Texas goes, so goes the nation. As the nation goes, so goes the world. Are you prepared to fight for this state? Are you prepared to fight for your country?

[Mays Middleton]

War Room Texas.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Your host, Stephen K. Bannon starts right now. Okay. Welcome to War Room Texas. It's Wednesday, 18February in the area of Lord 2026. Last night was the only debate in this entire race in the primary, at least for the Texas Attorney General. Remember the attorney General in Texas, you being part of the war Room posse. Ken Paxton is absolutely essential to the fight to get President Trump back into the presidency. As you all remember, as Attorney General of Texas, he was our first guest on the afternoon show of 20 January 2021. President Trump left the tarmac from Andrews Air Force Base on Air Force One. We had that very dramatic show in the morning that ended at noon, right when Biden was going to take the oath of office. President Trump kind of went into exile for a while down in Mar a Lago. And what we did in the afternoon, the very first guest we had was Ken Paxton of Texas, the Attorney General. And why we had Paxton. We knew that the attorney generals, the state attorney generals are going to be so important. And Texas is the jewel, the crown. So Texas would be the most important. Now tonight we're going to break down the debate that we live streamed last night. The central figures are Aaron Wright, who is endorsed by Ken Paxson, a former Justice Department guy, Marine Corps, former Marine officer Chip Roy, who we've had on for years, part of the Tea Party, Chief of Staff of Ted Cruz. Chip is also part of the Freedom Cauc, has been one of the fighters in the Congress and of course, mays Middleton, more I think of kind of a Bush guy. He is Abbotts. He's endorsed by Abbott. Cruz has endorsed Chip Roy. Attorney General Paxton has endorsed our one and only Aaron Wrights. This is really the throne haymakers. What I was really impressed and really proud of. I think the first question out of the box was on Islam. But the questions you're going to see night, they're going to make introductory remarks. You're going to see some very tough questions. Our friend Kris Kobach from the great state of Kansas will also join. They had a bunch of attorney generals there last night from some of the more MAGA red states. And so we're going to break this in pieces. I'll be back in closer to the break at the bottom to give you an assessment. But the gloves come off. I think you see the measure of each man. You got Maze, Middleton, Chip Roy and of course, Aaron Wright's. So let's go ahead and check it out. This is last night we streamed it live, the one and the only Attorney General's. Attorney General's debate live from north of Dallas. I guess they called the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex. Let's take it. I'll be back in a moment.

[Chip Roy]

Good evening. Eight years ago, I ran for Congress because I wanted to save America for our kids and grandkids, something I've been trying to do my entire life. And I've been at the center of the conservative fight for over two decades. In 2005, as a lawyer on the Senate Judiciary Committee, I fought to get Sam Alito on the Supreme Court. In 06 and 07, I was at the center of the fight to stop amnesty in the swamp. In 2010 and 2012, I fought to make sure that it was Marco Rubio and Rand Paul and Ted CRUZ in the U.S. senate. And then I was proud to be Ted Cruz's chief of staff and I'm proud to have his endorsement. I served as the chief of staff when we fought to try to stop Obamacare implementation in 2013. And in 2015, I came back to Texas as the first assistant attorney general where we sued President Obama on deferred action. We sued on the Clean power plan. We sued about Syrian refugees, to fight to defend Texas. That's my track record before Congress and in Congress. When I got there, I led. I led by introducing legislation to ban Chinese Communists from owning our land, to designate cartels as terrorist organizations. And guess what? President Trump used that as the model for the executive order he signed this last year to designate cartels as terrorist organizations. I worked alongside President Trump to draft and move forward through the House the Save America act, and we're going to get it through the Senate. And I'm fighting to make sure every day that we deliver for the people of Texas as Attorney General, I'll be one of one instead of one of 435, fighting for you, the people of Texas, and I'm asking for your vote.

[Aaron Wright]

I'm running for Attorney General because I believe that we're in a battle for the soul of our state and our nation. And I know from long fought personal experience that the primary arena in which we fight the dark forces of the left is the justice system. President Trump understands this better than anyone. And as one of his very first orders of business in his new administration was to elevate me to the senior ranks of his Justice Department. And when he did, he said, aaron Reitz is a true MAGA attorney and a warrior for the Constitution. Why? Because of my battle tested record leading legal troops into legal combat to deliver legal victories for Texas and for Texans. Attorney General Paxson has served our state effectively and faithfully for over a decade. But now the time has come to choose a new chief legal officer. Remember, under the Texas Constitution, this is a legal law enforcement, executive branch job, not a legislative job. So while my opponents may spend tonight talking about their legislative record or bills that they've worked on, you'll see a glaring absence of any real legal record. That might be fine if you're running for reelection to the House or Senate, but it's wholly inadequate to the task of Attorney general. In contrast, my record litigating, investigating, suing, defending and appealing on all the major issues that we Republicans care about throughout the justice system sets me apart. It's that record that led Attorney General Paxton to endorse me to succeed him. And it's that record that can give Texans the confidence that I'm ready to lead the fight in court.

[Joan Huffman]

It's great to be here tonight. I'm excited about the opportunity to introduce myself to you. I'm Joan Huffman. I started my career in 1981 as a secretary at the Harris County District Attorney's Office and put myself through law school at night. Once I graduated, I was hired as a prosecutor where I served Harris county for over 15 years, tried over a hundred jury trials, including death penalty cases, was chief gang prosecutor, prosecutor, chief of the Organized Crime Narcotics Task Force, and then I ran for criminal District court judge where I was twice elected, served two terms. In 2008, I ran for the state Senate where I've served ever since. In those years, I have served as chairwoman of the major committees in the Senate, State affairs, jurisprudence, redistricting. I'm currently the chair of Finance and have been for the last four years where I write the state's $340 billion budget. During that time period, I've led on major conservative fights. I passed the first voter ID bill that passed court muster in Texas. I passed the first Sharia law bill when people weren't paying attention. I passed campus free speech and have led the funding, led the fight with President Trump on border security as chair of the committee and the Finance Committee that focus on all the border security. I have the qualifications, the will and the work ethic to be your next Attorney General and be the fighter that you need and you want as your Attorney General.

[Mays Middleton]

Really, all you need to know about me in this race is I'm the only one that's been protested at the Texas Capitol during this campaign. They had these big, ugly green signs with my face on it and they called me the bathroom bigot. Why? Because I don't want men in my little girl's restroom or locker room or shower. And this is a calling for me. This is not a job like our president. I don't take the salary, I don't take the pension, I don't take the health care. I don't take the state license plate. I am only here to serve and and fight for the conservative values that we believe in. And that's what I've done since day one in office. I've always been ranked as the top one or two most conservative members in the House, now the Senate. I was chairman of the Texas House Freedom Caucus and President Trump called me a MAGA champion and my conservative record second to none. And this is a show me, don't tell me business, and I can show you the results. I took on the woke left's gender ideology. 1 1, stopped men from playing women's sports, kicked perverted men out of women's private spaces like restrooms and locker rooms, defeated the atheists and put prayer and the Ten Commandments back into our public schools and took on our foreign adversaries in Austin, stopped China from buying our land, designated cartels as terrorists, tripled border security, and am now taking on our most growing threat, which is Sharia law and Islamification. I am defeating the left already.

[Kris Kobach]

Should Texas adopt a closed primary system? And what role should the Attorney General play in that process, Congressman?

[Chip Roy]

Yes. And enforce the law.

[Joan Huffman]

Well, I think the legislature needs to write that law so the attorney general would know what to enforce and how to enforce it. And they have not to this point. So I think we'll wait and see what the legislature does. But I would enforce any law that the legislature passed.

[Mays Middleton]

Well, I'm one of only two people that have filed the closed primary bill. Look, this is important to me. My first election in 2018, I'll never forget knocking on a door in Lamarck, Texas. This is in the general November. This is my list who's voted in the Republican primary and I knock on the door and say, I'm not a Republican. I don't vote Rep. What you did this March. Oh, yeah. They paid me to vote for your opponent in the primary. Right. They're doing that to get more liberals elected. And this is why this issue is so near and dear to my heart. We've got to make sure that only conservatives are voting. Why are we giving Democrats the opportunity to vote in our primary? This doesn't make sense.

[Aaron Wright]

100% close the primaries. Republican primaries should be for Republicans, not for liberals, not for Democrats, not for people who are coming into our party business to try and screw around with our elections to choose our best Republicans. That's our business. I'm proud of the fact that Attorney General Paxton filed litigation in defense of the Republican Party of Texas and against the Secretary of State in her defense of a facially unconstitutional provision in the Texas election code that these two senators. Well, maybe just one senator. I'll give May some credit here for trying to fix that. But this is a First Amendment freedom of association issue. This is not just quibbling over the words in a statute. Our party has the right to freely associate with whomever we want. It's a First Amendment issue. And while I did a moment ago give May some credit for attempting to pass that law, even if he had got it through. What no one on this stage has ever done is successfully litigate First Amendment appeals or litigation at the district court or up to the US Or Texas Supreme Court. That's the issue. Have you litigated First Amendment issues on this stage? I'm the only one. Once again, the only one who has successfully done it. And I'll continue to keep my foot on the game Gas in the same direction as Ken Paxton.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

As Texas Attorney General, what will you do to push back against blue state overreach and help protect carbon based fuels like oil, gas and coal to ensure that America leads the world in energy production and that Americans have access to reliable and affordable energy?

[Mays Middleton]

Yeah. So defeating the green New Scam has always been one of my top priorities because that's really what it is. This is about Texas energy dominance. What is keeping the lights on here tonight? What kept the lights on during the freeze a few weeks ago? It was oil and gas, hydrocarbons. Energy density matters. We don't need to be importing Chinese made solar panels and Chinese made wind turbines. I've already fought the green new scam and won and passed a law this session to stop wind farms up and down the Texas Gulf Coast. And I'll add this as well. You know, people always ask, what are.

[Chip Roy]

We going to do with all the.

[Mays Middleton]

Turbine blades that we're not using right now? Well, why don't we make them send them down to the border and use them to finish the wall. It'll be the first time the left has ever opposed recycling, I promise you that. But we've got to make sure we think outside the box here because this is our lifeblood. It's what funds our schools either through severance taxes, mineral tax appraisals, it's how the state has its surplus. This is jobs. It's millions of jobs. It's opportunity. And I teach my kids every single time I see a tanker go out the ship channel low in the water, that's America taking money from countries that hate us.

[Chip Roy]

In 2015, as the first assistant attorney general, we were proud to work with West Virginia to challenge the so called clean power plan. And that was impressive and important litigation that was built upon the team that you develop when you work together among attorneys general across multiple states. And that's one of the important things that is so great about this organization. The second thing that I think is important to know is you've got to be willing to stand up and fight when it counts. Last May, when the big beautiful bill was moving forward, the green new scam subsidies that we were going to repeal and undo were being put back in by a handful of senators and members of Congress. Four of us in the Budget committee stood up and said no. And the entire world, all of the eyes were on us, from the White House to the Speaker's office. And we said no. And we were able to get those green new scam subsidy repeals put back in that bill. You need someone who will stand up and fight when it counts, regardless of the arrows being tossed at them.

[Aaron Wright]

I've been at the very cutting edge throughout the justice system fighting against blue state overreach and environmentalist activists. When I was Attorney General Paxton's deputy, leading 46 lawsuits against the 46th president and winning 85% of those lawsuits. A quarter of those lawsuits were on environmental regulations, on what the Biden administration was trying to cram down on Texas to destroy our oil and gas economy, to push the green new scam on us, to push subsidies on us. I know how to fight against these forces and win. Not only did I do it as Paxton's deputy, but I also did it when I was a senior executive at the Justice Department, when one of President Trump's very first executive orders was to roll back the Biden era environmental litigation that was oppressing oil and gas exploration and production. And as the head of the Office of Legal Policy, I worked with the Environment and Natural Resources Division at DOJ to roll it back. And as the next Attorney General, we are also going to turn our attention to the local environmentalists that want to obscure local ordinances to stop exploration and production. On my watch, we're going to drill, baby, drill.

[Kris Kobach]

Crime is a top concern for many Texans. Would you use the Attorney General's office to investigate or challenge district attorneys if their leniency appears to be contributing to rising violent crime? Mr. Rights, totally.

[Aaron Wright]

Crime is spiking in Texas, in all of our big blue cities and our big blue counties. We're talking right now in Dallas county, where this district is attorney is one of the worst in the state, if not the nation. He is part of a network of Soros funded district attorneys who are intentionally and maliciously not prosecuting crimes, abusing their prosecutorial discretion, turning a blind eye, encouraging light sentences, and our families and our communities are the victims of their malfeasance. That is a violation of their oath. It is a violation of state law. It is a violation of the local ordinances and statutes to which they are bound. As Attorney General, I have committed from day one that within the first month of taking office, I will seek the removal of the Dallas County District Attorney, Travis County District Attorney and Harris County District Attorney because I will not allow these awful leftist insurrectionist communists. Soros funded district attorneys turned Texas into something it never was designed to be.

[Chip Roy]

I was visiting with Crime Stoppers down in Houston a couple weeks ago and they told me a statistic that should turn your head and that is that there are 222 Houstonians who have been murdered over the last seven years by multiple time felons who were released and back out on the streets in Houston. That can't happen in Texas. This is Texas and the fact is we've got DAs and judges that are allowing it to happen. So of Course, we should enforce the law and we should make sure that DAs and judges are held to account. I think the legislature ought to give greater authority to the governor, like Governor DeSantis out in Florida, to remove recalcitrant DAs and to have greater flexibility to do that. And we ought to be able to do that to judges. But importantly, I think the governor's been right when he's been talking about a state prosecutorial function. The office of Attorney General has prosecutors assistance, but for a state the size of Texas, with the 8th biggest economy in the world, with over 30 million people, we ought to be able to have a function and not have to rely on Department of Justice as a backstop, but a state function to be able to make sure bad guys are in jail, that gang members are in jail, that cartel members are in jail, and not on our streets harassing the people of Texas.

[Joan Huffman]

Well, there's a reason why I've been endorsed by Texas Crime, Crime Victims United and all the major law enforcement agencies in the state of Texas. That's because I've been fighting this fight for a very long time, for almost 40 years now. And recently in the Texas Senate at the legislature, we finally got passed a major bail reform where we can hold those violent offenders from multiple offenders who commit violent crimes without bail. So thank you for bringing that up, Congressman Roy. And we've done other major things, but it's going to take time for all this to go into place. As far as the rogue prosecutors go, I wrote that bill. That was the bill I wrote. And it cannot be done on day one, like some claim they're going to do or in the first month. It is a process. It's a constitutional and statutory process. Are there bad DA's? Yes. But I will say the vast majority of the prosecution leaders in this state are great people who have their constituents good will at heart, their best interest at heart. I don't want us to ever forget.

[Mays Middleton]

That, why this is so important. Our laws, our Constitution. Those are not suggestions. And anytime a district attorney is treating it that way, which they are, right. They're not prosecuting criminal trespass in Travis county, for example. The list goes on. They have violated their oath of office because they were supposed to put their hand on the Bible to protect and defend all of our laws, all of the Constitution. And when they're choosing not to do that, they're choosing to violate their oath and they should be removed from office. It is that simple. They have disqualified themselves. We also have to have that backup power to prosecute. Right Because. Because families are suffering, communities are suffering, children are suffering. And I wholly support Governor Abbott's idea for a statewide prosecutor. In addition, I would like to see for the AG be able to prosecute any violation of state law, which would require a change in the legislature. And I've been endorsed by 51. Trump endorsed legislators. I'm best equipped to make that happen.

[Kris Kobach]

Thank you.

[Aaron Wright]

Ali, if I could rebut. Senator Huffman made reference.

[Kris Kobach]

Sure. 30 seconds.

[Aaron Wright]

So this idea that I'm saying things that can't be done is exactly the sort of loser mentality why Republicans often don't win. I'm the only one on this stage who in my position at both DOJ and as Paxton's deputy who has wielded the tools and the weapons of the law in creative ways. Ways. Don't be fooled by the kind of Republican that says it can't be done. We have to go through a process. If you have the courage to get something done in the justice system, as Paxton has shown us for over a decade, you can get it done. And I am going to get it done.

[Kris Kobach]

Thank you.

[Mays Middleton]

Okay.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

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[Stephen K. Bannon]

Because the Texas attorney general, if you looked out the country, federal offices and state offices. It's one of the most important offices in the country. And why? Because Texas is so important to the MAGA movement and it's also been such a leader given Ken Patton, remember, Ken Paxton is now in I think the toughest and most controversial primary of the, of this season, of this cycle. And that's he's running for the United States Senate against John Cornyn and Wesley Hunt in a three way. One thing to keep in mind in Texas, the primary rules, you have to get 50% plus one vote. So in a three way what race or it's actually four way race, you've got the, you've got a person from the, the state senate who's very prominent. But in a three or four way race, it's quite tough to get above the 50%. That's why this debate was so important. It is the one time that they really get to address the people of Texas. And Texas is a nation unto itself. It's 31 million people. Geographically, it's massive. It's got the eighth largest economy in the world. It's essentially the size of a country. It's not like running in one of the smaller states. You have to go out and get that message out in very expensive TV markets, particularly in Austin and Dallas, Fort Worth and in Houston, you know, some of the biggest and San Antonio, some of the biggest TV markets in the country. Okay, we're going to talk your short commercial break. Also Birch Gold, take your phone out right now. And for another sponsor. And now more than ever, particularly with the winds of war blowing this way, potentially from Iran, take your phone out and text Bannon B A N N O N at 989-898. Get the ultimate guide for investing in gold and precious metals from Birch Gold. Check it out today. We're going to be back in a moment with the AG's debate.

[Mays Middleton]

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[Chip Roy]

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[Chip Roy]

Ride away.

[Aaron Wright]

Ride away.

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[Chip Roy]

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[Aaron Wright]

So don't be fooled when Chip tells you that he was Paxton's chief deputy and he wants to cite his record there. Remember, he was so ineffective, so bad at serving as Paxton's deputy, that Paxton fired him. Now, that's not often covered in the media, but I hope that the media pool does their due diligence because they will realize that even though he wants to cite that experience, it was so bad, he shouldn't be running on it today.

[Kris Kobach]

Congressman, would you like to respond? 30 seconds.

[Chip Roy]

Well, that's simply not true. But I know someone who both of us work for for that's endorsed me, and that's Senator Ted Cruz. And he has put his full confidence in me to serve as the Attorney General of Texas. Ted, having served as Solicitor General for this great state, he knows what is necessary in that office. And I'm proud to have his full support and endorsement.

[Mays Middleton]

So what specific steps would you take as Texas Attorney General to stop the CCP from infiltrating, to take control over Kansas, Texas land and doing other things that might make Texas a foothold for their influence in the United States?

[Kris Kobach]

Thank you, Attorney General Kobach. Mr. Rice.

[Aaron Wright]

Well, Sharia is the greatest civilizational threat that we're confronting right now. China and its ruling Chinese Communist Party is the greatest geopolitical threat that we're facing right now. And they are reaching out out the tentacles of its Red Dragon directly into Texas. They want to exploit us, they want to undermine us, they want to demoralize us, and they want to do it at a high dollar value. I'm proud that Texas has banned the incursion of the CCP into land sales, critical infrastructure and important technologies. I'm also proud of the fact that Attorney General Paxton is already leading the way and showing what it looks like to muster the full weight of the Attorney General's office to investigate the pushers of CCP spy technologies and is actively litigating against them. If we want to continue that fight, you need Paxton's endorsed successor to do that, and you need someone who just came from the Justice Department to partner with the federal resources to make it a full frontal assault on the CCP Red Dragon. Congressman chopped off on my watch in.

[Chip Roy]

2019, as a freshman member of Congress, I talked to my staff about how ridiculous it was that we weren't stopping the CCP from owning land and not just within 100 miles of military bases, but generally. So I introduced legislation to ban ownership of lands by the Chinese Communist Party or anybody affiliated with, with it. Now, everybody at the time said, well, that's awfully, you know, aggressive. What are you doing that for? Because we should. And it matters if you leave. It was the first bill that was put out there. It was the first bill to get traction. And then we were able to get some legislation and some of our funding bills and states took action subsequent to that. But also remember the importance of standing up when it matters, when there's a lot of pressure against you. For example, standing up on TikTok. It mattered that some of us in Congress stood up and said, no, the Chinese Communist Party is not going to be able to comb over all of the information and the data collected on our children and use it by virtue of tick tock. So now we've gotten some reforms in place, and by the way, I think we need to go further. We need to review all that's been happening with the deal making. But it's important that we look at the corporations, the corporate ownership. And by the way, it's not just the Chinese Communist Party. I don't know why any foreign nationals, frankly, are able to own American land. And we should go further.

[Kris Kobach]

Senator Huffman.

[Joan Huffman]

Well, I would agree with you that definitely the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese threat to America, to Texas and to your state. And so recently in the Texas legislature, Senator Kocourse I joined, authored the bill with her, passed one of the strongest bills in the country against disallowing foreign ownership of state land, of land in Texas. And it gave significant authority to the Attorney General to enforce that. And that's great and I would certainly follow up with that. But I think it's so new to us that we need to dive in. We need to do an assessment of what's out there because I don't think we really know. Right. It's been going on to your point for so long. We need to do work with the Land Commissioner's office, look through the data, figure out who owns what and where, and do a serious assessment as Texans so that we have that information and then go about the procedures that have been put in place by the legislature to actually enforce this law.

[Kris Kobach]

Senator Middleton, this is a national security.

[Mays Middleton]

Issue and they mean us hard. That law did not pass in 2023 by the way. And I'll never forget getting phone calls in my office saying I'm afraid to show up and testify for this bill stopping China from buying our land because of what could happen to our family back in China. Does that not show you we're on the right side of this? But not only that, we found out that WeChat, which is a Beijing based social media company, was interfering with that law, trying to stop it organizing the opposition through Jean Wu, who's actually in the Texas House working with mainland China. They mean us harm and they interfered with the Texas legislative process. But I was on that conference committee. We got it done this time and there was something very important I wanted in there and that was to make sure that the AG has the power to bring an action to force them to divest of this real property, not just land, minerals, water, timbers, the list goes on. And it's an in rim action that we have to have and I will enforce to make sure these enemy entities do not buy Texas out from underneath us. It is that simple. This is Texas first.

[Kris Kobach]

Crime is a top concern for many Texans. Would you use the Attorney General's office to investigate or challenge district officials attorneys if their leniency appears to be contributing to rising violent crime.

[Aaron Wright]

Mr. Rights, totally crime is spiking in Texas, in all of our big blue cities and our big blue counties. We're talking right now in Dallas county where this District Attorney is one of the worst in the state, if not the nation. He is part of a network of Soros funded district attorneys who are intentionally and maliciously not prosecuting crimes, abusing their prosecutorial discretion, turning a blind eye, encouraging light sentences, and our families and our communities are the victims of their malfeasance. That is a violation of their oath. It is a violation of state law. It is a violation of the local ordinances and statutes to which they are bound. As Attorney General, I have committed from day one one that within the first month of taking office, I will seek the removal of the Dallas County District Attorney, Travis County District Attorney and Harris County District Attorney because I will not allow these awful leftist, insurrectionist, communist, Soros funded district attorneys turn Texas into something it never was designed to be.

[Chip Roy]

I was visiting with Crime Stoppers down in Houston a couple weeks ago and they told me a statistic that should turn your head and that is that there are 222 Houstonians who have been murdered over the last seven years by multiple time felons who were released and back out on the streets in Houston. That can't happen in Texas. This is Texas and the fact is we've got DAs and judges that are allowing it to happen. So of course we should enforce the law and we should make sure that DA's and judges are held to account. I think the legislature ought to give greater authority to the governor, like Governor DeSantis out in Florida to remove recalcitrant DA's and to have greater flexibility to do that. And we ought to be able to do that to judges. But importantly, I think the Governor's been right when he's been talking about a state prosecutorial function. The Office of Attorney General has prosecutors assistance, but for a state the size of Texas, with the eighth biggest economy in the world, over 30 million people, we ought to be able to have a function and not have to rely on Department of Justice as a backstory stop, but a state function to be able to make sure bad guys are in jail, that gang members are in jail, that cartel members are in jail and not on our streets harassing the people of Texas.

[Joan Huffman]

Well, there's a reason why I've been endorsed by Texas Crime Victims United and all the major law enforcement agencies in the state. Of Texas. That's because I've been fighting this fight for a very long time, for almost 40 years now. And recently in the Texas Senate, the legislature, we finally got passed some major bail reform where we can hold those violent offenders from multiple offenders who commit violent crimes without bail. So thank you for bringing that up, Congressman Roy. And we've done other major things, but it's going to take time for all this to go into place. As far as the rogue prosecutors go, I wrote that bill. That was the bill I wrote. And it cannot be done on day one, like some claim they're going to do or in the first month. It is a process. It's a constitutional and statutory process. Are there bad das? Yes. But I will say the vast majority of the prosecutors in this state are great people who have their constituents, good will at heart, their best interest at heart. I don't want us to ever forget.

[Mays Middleton]

That, why this is so important, our law, our Constitution. Those are not suggestions. And anytime a district attorney is treating it that way, which they are, right. They're not prosecuting criminal trespass in Travis county, for example. The list goes on. They have violated their oath of office because they were supposed to put their hand on the Bible to protect and defend all of our laws, all of the Constitution. And when they're choosing not to do that, they're choosing to violate their oath and they should be removed from office. It is that simple. They have disqualified themselves. We also have to have that backup power to prosecute. Right. Because families are suffering, communities are suffering, children are suffering. And I wholly support Governor Abbott's idea for a statewide prosecutor. In addition, I would like to see for the age AG be able to prosecute any violation of state law, which would require a change in the legislature. And I've been endorsed by 51 Trump endorsed legislators. I'm best equipped to make that happen.

[Kris Kobach]

Thank you.

[Aaron Wright]

If I could rebut. Senator Huffman made reference.

[Kris Kobach]

Sure. 30 seconds.

[Aaron Wright]

So this idea that I'm saying things that can't be done is exactly the sort of loser mentality why Republicans often don't win. I'm the only one on this stage who in my position at both DOJ and as Paxton's deputy, who has wielded the tools and the weapons of the law in creative ways. Don't be fooled by the kind of Republican that says it can't be done. We have to go through a process. If you have the courage to get something done in the justice system, as Paxton has shown us for over a decade, decade, you can get it done. And I am going to get it done. Despite her misgivings.

[Kris Kobach]

Next we'll focus on the damage caused by transgender ideology. Many young Texans have suffered irreversible damage to their bodies caused by doctors who prescribed them puberty blockers, administered cross sex hormones, and performed surgeries such as double mastectomies. In 2023, Texas banned these practices for minors. So, as Attorney General, how will you ensure affected Texans can seek justice against the doctors who brutalized them? Congressman?

[Chip Roy]

Well, thank you for the question. I am proud to have the endorsement of Chloe Cole. Chloe, I got to know when she came to testify about the brutal treatment that was levied against her. It's the first time I've seen significant members of Congress in the dais breaking down to tears on the testimony of someone coming before them.

[Mays Middleton]

Them.

[Chip Roy]

And the fact is, I've sat down with Chloe to understand what we can do. And we need to have aggressive legislation and aggressive defense of our laws in the state of Texas. The state of Texas has taken action. I'm not sure if it's far enough, but I want to address something here. I've been criticized for allegedly not being strong enough on this issue, despite supporting legislation to remove funding and to stop these terrible procedures and are grotesque. I stood up to try to improve legislation in December that is currently dead in the United States Senate and to make it something that we could pass with a funding string rather than what my opponents want to criticize me for. The truth matters, and I've stood up alongside those victims, and I will do it as Attorney General.

[Mays Middleton]

This is child abuse, Period. It's that simple. And the left that is coming for our kids. That is why I've been fighting my entire career to protect them from this evil practice. And that's what it really is. This is evil. They're mutilating children and they're fighting to do it. And they're willing to resort to violence to perpetrate this on our most innocent. And Texas ban child transgender surgeries. And since I was referenced earlier, I will address this. There was a bill in Congress and it banned it outright. It was a very strong bill. Chip Roy had an amendment that would have allowed it to continue. It would have rewarded the transgender lobby. It would have rewarded Gavin Newsom and allowed these private transgender surgeries to continue in those blue states. And it was under a states rights argument. I'm sorry. There is no right to hurt a child. No right to hurt a child. Additionally, we need to make sure that we ban this completely. And I've been fighting against evil. I'm not just fighting against taxpayer funded evil. And that's what his amendment would have done. And it's why Terry Schilling, who runs app, said there was no greater ally to the transgender lobby than Chiproy.

[Aaron Wright]

Yeah, I'm glad that the Texas Legislature has banned these sorts of monstrous procedures, but that couldn't have happened. But for Attorney General Paxton and I providing the legal framework to give the lines within which the legislature colored. I'm proud of the fact that I was the lead author under Attorney General Ken Paxton's opinion that defined unequivocally these trans procedures as child abuse under the Texas Family Code. Once we provided the legislature with that guidance, they finally acted. Now, I hope that I get a minute in rebuttal to say this too. Maze is exactly right about Chip. Chip did what exactly President Trump described about him, which was to make a mountain out of a molehill to grandstand, to make nothing out of an issue. Why only to concede ground to the trans lobby? That's Chip Roy.

[Kris Kobach]

Congressman, would you like to respond? 30 seconds.

[Chip Roy]

So the legislation in question was authored by Marjorie Taylor Greene, who was leaving Congress two weeks later and who has since gone on a tirade attacking President Trump. The fact of the matter is that legislation is dead. It is dead in the United States Senate and it will not do any of the things that my opponents say it will do because it won't become law. The fact of the matter is we had an amendment that was supported by a significant number of Republicans that would have stopped these grotesque procedures from being funded with taxpayer funds. And it is amazing to listen to Republican Attorneys General Keith candidates standing up saying they want massive federal laws to step over the state of Texas. That is a new frontier.

[Joan Huffman]

Well, it's been great being here tonight. I think, I hope that everyone's had an opportunity to see a little bit of differences in the candidates. You know my background. Prosecutor, judge, conservative, state senator. I'll tell you a little bit more personally about me. I'm a woman of faith and I stand firm in my faith. Faith. I'm a happily married woman to the love of my life. I'm the proud mother of a 28 year old attorney son who is in the active military serving as a lawyer in the jag. I've worked very hard all my life because I've worked hard because I've been effective, because I have real results. I have strong support from law enforcement, from prosecutors, from the victims organizations across the state. They know me, they know Joan, they know That I will fight with every breath of my being to make Texas safe and strong. And you can count on me to do that. I ask for your vote. Thank you.

[Chip Roy]

I'm in this for one reason, and that's to win for the people of Texas. I'm not a trust spending, trust fund kid, spending my family's money. I didn't get a precious Senate confirmed slot, spend 70 days of the administration so I could ladder climb back home in Texas. What I did do is survive cancer 15 years ago when I was diagnosed with stage three Hodgkin's lipoma. And when I got through the other side of that, through the faith in God, through the love of my wife and family, I promised my kids, I promised my wife that I would leave it all on the battlefield to try to save this great state and this great nation. We cannot lose Texas. We cannot lose Texas or we lose America. We need an Attorney General who will put it all out there, who has a demonstrated track record of success, who is independent and strong, willing to work with this administration and willing to fight for the people of Texas. That's why I'm asking the people of Texas for their vote.

[Aaron Wright]

The first time I ever swore an oath to the US Constitution was as a brand new second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. I was 22 years old, my hair sadly fast approaching its current state. And I raised my right hand and I said, I, Aaron Wrights, do solemnly swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. The next time that I swore that oath was in the West Wing with my wife and four kids on my left and the Attorney General of the United States on my right. And I raised my hand and I said the exact same oath. Now, as a younger man, I primarily thought about the foreign threats to our Constitution. And I lived it as somebody who deployed to the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. But I had come to fully appreciate that today the primary threats that we are facing are the domestic enemies of the Constitution and they are fighting a vicious war against us in the justice system. We need an Attorney General who is battle tested, who is proven, who's been endorsed by Paxton to succeed him to wage war and win on behalf of our conservative, Republican, Christian Texas and American values. And that's Aaron Wrights for Attorney General.

[Mays Middleton]

Well, you know what? Let me respond that what we don't need is someone as an Attorney general like Chip Roy that has spent 10 years fighting President Trump, defending Liz Cheney, calling us MAGA effers, and we could kiss his. You Know what? If we didn't like it? We can't afford that in the AG's office. And look, that's why I'm running here, to defend Texas and defeat the left. That's why we showed up tonight. And there's a reason why I'm the one, only one that's been protested in this AG's race. There's a reason why they've threatened my life and my family's life. There's a reason why the two Democrats that are leading in the AG's race can only talk about me. They keep saying, let's stop this MAGA maze guy. We can't let him win. And not only that, they're saying the number one law that they will not enforce is the Texas Women's privacy law. Why are they doing that? Because the left knows who their true enemy is. In this race, I am already defeating the left. That is why we're here tonight. And I'm not retreating from Washington, D.C. because I'm never going to Washington D.C. i have always known that the fight is here. We don't have another Texas to move to.

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