Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced a new undercover investigation aimed at infiltrating what he called “leftist terror cells” in his state, in the wake of a rise in political violence.
“Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people,” said Paxton in a statement Tuesday.
Paxton cited the shooting of podcaster Charlie Kirk and what he called the “disturbing rise of leftist violence across the country.” He did not comment on the recent murder of Minnesota Democrat Melissa Hortman and her husband, and the attempted murder of Democratic Senator John Hoffman and his wife.
Republican Paxton said that he had “directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate… leftist terror cells,” adding, “to those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming.”
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