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Fox News anchor Chris Wallace repeatedly grilled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Sunday over what he perceived to be hypocrisy from the state’s right-wing leaders’ stance on vaccine mandates.
Last month, in response to the White House announcing that workers of large companies will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or tested weekly, GOP Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order banning “any entity” in the state from enforcing a vaccine mandate. On top of that, Abbott also attempted to prohibit schools from implementing mask requirements, an executive order that was recently blocked by a federal court.
On behalf of Texas, Paxton is suing the Biden administration over the federal vaccine mandates, claiming they are unconstitutional and a federal overreach. During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, however, the conservative attorney general was put on the spot over the seemingly contradictory positions he and Abbott hold.
Wallace brought up comments Paxton made in an interview last week, noting that the attorney general accused the president of “bullying businesses” while insisting companies should be given the freedom to “take care of the own workers.”
“You say that Texas companies should take care of their own workers. So, given that, how do you justify the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, issuing an executive order that bans any business in Texas from issuing a vaccine mandate, and how do you justify the governor issuing a ban on all school districts on mask mandates?” Wallace asked. “A ban that was overturned just this week by a federal judge.”
Saying that he “justified” it because the governor has the authority under state law to issue these orders, Paxton added that he was “perfectly comfortable” defending Abbott’s actions since the governor feels mask and vaccine mandates are unnecessary.
“I just want to drill down on this a little bit,” the veteran anchor shot back. “You said that Texas companies…
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