US Chamber of Commerce endorses Paxton over Talarico

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce is endorsing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over Democrat James Talarico for Senate.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWith me is Orville Tangen, inmate 40718 at FCI Danbury. Orville, what do you make of it?

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   Orville TangenI make it a good week for Paxton.

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   Orville TangenI'm not allowed to say why I'm in here, but it involved a form, and the form had a number on it.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe chamber's chief policy officer, Neil Bradley, said, quote, the choice is clear in Texas. Is it clear to you?

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   Orville TangenIt's clear. Though in May Paxton beat John Cornyn, the chamber's first pick, in a runoff.

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   Orville TangenSo they backed the other guy, and then they backed the winner.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'd call that a chamber that stays flexible and celebrates every outcome with equal enthusiasm.

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   Orville TangenHypothetically, that's what we called it in my case too.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLet me ask about the tax.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTexas has no state income tax, and Paxton is attacking Talarico for voting against a 2019 bill to constitutionally ban one.

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    Orville TangenAgainst a ban on a tax that isn't there? Now that's solid policy.

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    Orville TangenHypothetically, you can't owe it, so you can't file it wrong, and you can't be sitting in Danbury over it.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo you're saying nobody can be charged with it.

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    Orville TangenNo. I'm saying hypothetically a man could still be charged with something near it, if he kept a second set of receipts in a cereal box.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA cereal box.

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    Orville TangenHypothetically, a family-size one. Anyway, Talarico's campaign says he raised sixty-four million dollars in the third quarter, so he'll need a bigger box.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd Republican outside groups have spent more than one hundred seventy-five million dollars since September first, according to AdImpact. Who wins?

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    Orville TangenThe polling average has Talarico up forty-eight and a half to forty-five point two. I'd hire on to either campaign tomorrow, as a tax consultant.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOrville, what's the stamp you keep holding up to the camera?

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    Orville TangenA commissary stamp. It's my only deduction, and I'm keeping it.