‘He thinks working people are a joke’: Ken Paxton floats Social Security cuts in leaked audio

Filed by Elara Myst

 “This is a sick man who thinks it’s a joke to push over a million Texans into poverty by stealing their hard-earned benefits.”Brad ReedOct 08, 2026  Ken Paxton, the Republican Party’s nominee for the US Senate in Texas, expressed a willingness to cut programs such as Social Security in a leaked recording published by The Texas Tribune on Thursday.In the recording, which was made during a private meeting with donors and lobbyists last month, Paxton said he’d ...