Trump’s Rally for Ken Paxton Keeps Getting Interrupted as Texas Turns Into a Real Midterm Test

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Archival footage accompanies this earlier report: Trump campaigns for Ken Paxton in San Antonio as repeated protest interruptions become part of the story.

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