Ken Paxton proposed cutting federal benefit programs as a means to reduce the national deficit.

'We have to suck it up': Ken Paxton privately suggests cutting federal benefit programs to reduce national deficit (Kayla Guo/The Texas Tribune) https://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/08/ken-paxton-leaked-audio-federal-benefits-texas-senate-election-2026/ http://www.memeorandum.com/261008/p43#a261008p43

Just suck it up, #Texas !--Paxton "‘We have to suck it up’: Paxton privately suggests cutting fed benefit programs to reduce national deficit In leaked convo.. the GOP Senate nominee called for “reasonable cuts to mandatory spending,” which is driven by Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid." Paxton suggests cutting federa...