'Paxton has got to drop out': Internet erupts over details of MAGA AG's alleged affair

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) — a close ally of President Donald Trump – is now accused of having a sordid affair with a conservative Christian influencer, according to a new report.

The Daily Mail reported Friday that Paxton is accused of having secret trysts with 57 year-old Tracy Duhon, who is an author and mother of seven. Duhon — the former wife of Louisiana-based car dealership owner Troy Duhon — reportedly met Paxton at the 2024 Kentucky Derby, and both stayed at the home of a mutual friend during their visit to Louisville. Two months after the Derby, Duhon filed for divorce from her then-husband.

According to the Mail's unnamed sources, Paxton and Duhon took frequent trips together behind their spouses' backs, including to several overseas locations. The Mail reported that one inside source told the publication that Paxton was "enamored" with Duhon's "faith."

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The news of the affair comes just months after Paxton's former wife, Angela — a Republican member of the Texas State Senate — announced the end of their 38-year marriage in a tweet. While Angela Paxton didn't specifically mention an affair in her tweet, she said she was seeking a divorce "on Biblical grounds."

Social media users reacted strongly to the news of Paxton's alleged infidelity, with some suggesting the news could have a major impact on Texas' Republican U.S. Senate primary next year in which Paxton is aiming to unseat Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). Cornyn is currently polling just six points ahead of Paxton according to a late August Texas Public Opinion Research poll. Paxton previously led in the polls prior to the news of his divorce.

Eric Michael Garcia, who is the Washington D.C. bureau chief at the Independent, suggested that the Mail's report was the result of Paxton "going full Thom Tillis." This may be a reference to the 2020 election in which a sex scandal sunk Democrat Cal Cunningham's hopes of unseating Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) Journalist and podcaster Karly Kingsley simply wrote: "This is exhausting."

Investment banker Evaristus Odinikaeze slammed the "pretentious sanctimony" of Texas Republicans as a whole, and opined that Paxton's push for redrawing Texas' congressional districts was done "in exchange for a future pardon" as well as "an emotional deflection from his infidelity and promiscuity." One X user responded to the Mail's report by tweeting:"Ok this guy could actually lose Texas," while another insisted the news meant that "Paxton has got to drop out."

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