Project 2025 In Texas: How Ken Paxton Is Implementing Trump's Agenda
How Trump loyalist, Ken Paxton, is using Texas as a testing ground for Project 2025.
https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/project-2025-in-texas-how-ken-paxton
In these last few weeks, nearly every time we turn on the news, Paxton is suing someone else over culture war issues. Each lawsuit is more egregious than the previous, almost as if it were done with intentional callousness.
Yesterday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the City of Austin regarding abortion travel funds. This is a topic that we heard about during the Republican Party of Texas Convention, as several GOP members tried to add a plank to their platform that would have prevented pregnant women from traveling.
As outlined in Democracy Forward’s Guide to Project 2025, “Despite the majority of Americans supporting comprehensive health care and reproductive freedom, Project 2025 would prefer a far different reality. Their attacks would undermine Medicare, keep prescription drug prices high, and restrict access to reproductive care.”