Civil Rights Attorney Lee Merritt to Run for Texas AG to Unseat Republican Incumbent Ken Paxton
DALLAS (CN) — Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt announced Saturday he will run for Texas Attorney General in 2022, targeting scandal-plagued Republican Ken Paxton who he accuses of not wanting to do his job.
“I am running for Attorney General of Texas,” Merritt tweeted. “Texas deserves an attorney general that will fight for the constitutional rights of all citizens.”
In a two-minute video shot in his backyard in Collin County, Merritt said he announced his run after speaking with a journalist about who is responsible for the lack of resources in Texas for people suffering from mental health issues.
“Whose responsibility [is it] to ensure law enforcement isn’t killing people in the process of getting them to mental health clinics,” he said. “I said ‘It is Ken Paxton’s responsibility.’ I have been telling Ken Paxton that for a while but he blocked me. I said if he didn’t do his job, I would take his job. It is clear he does not want to do his job.”
Merritt did not say what party’s nomination he will run for — he is a presumed Democrat. He joins former Galveston Mayor Joe Jaworski in seeking the Democratic nomination.
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