Embattled and scandal-plagued Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton has been busted in unflattering leaked audio yet again, this time whining and complaining that he has virtually no control over his own campaign anymore: "It's all... coming from D.C."
This round of leaked audio was obtained by POLITICO and hails from a small fundraiser that took place last month and is now going public with less than 30 days left before Paxton goes head-to-head with his Democratic opponent James Talarico, who's whooping him in the polls.
In the clip, Paxton can be heard saying, "I’ve never been in a race where I felt less control over the campaign and, like, what issues are going to matter because it’s all coming — you know — from D.C."
The audio was captured by an attendee of the September fundraising event who admitted to POLITICO that they do not support Paxton.
"I don't have the ability to change anything," Paxton continues to whine in the leaked clip. "So I have to live with whatever I've got. So it is a challenge."
An anonymous source confirmed to the outlet that Paxton did not explicitly name Trump or the Trump White House as the driving force behind his Senate campaign, but "everybody knew what he was talking about."
This round of rather damning audio comes just days after Paxton was busted on separate leaked audio from the same small event in September, saying Trump's Texas "Trumpapalooza" midterm convention only hurt his campaign. That audio was obtained and released by the New York Times.
"Do you feel like he's a little bit of a drag?" Paxton is asked in the previous round of leaked audio.
"So to be honest with you, the numbers — when we did that convention — it dropped our numbers," Paxton answered. "Everybody’s numbers dropped. Right now, yeah, not good.”
Even though Donald Trump has endorsed Paxton's Senate campaign and continues to tell Americans to vote for him next month, Trump has equally appeared to make it his mission to openly and publicly bully Paxton every chance he gets -- most recently referring to him as a "pain in the a**" and making fun of the way he dresses.
Paxton can't seem to escape his self-induced scandal, as he wades through a tumultuous divorce, rife with allegations of infidelity -- but don't worry, his brainwashed ex-wife says you should still vote for him.
At the end of the day, Paxton is struggling to close the gap with his Democratic opponent, putting his party at serious risk of losing a Texas Senate seat to the other side for the first time in nearly four decades.
