Ken Paxton speaks during 2024 AmericaFest in Phoenix.

Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Gage Skidmore Is it OK to call Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's U.S. Senate campaign tour a "shitshow?" Because it's sure starting to look like one.

Last month in Fort Worth, Paxton fled a press conference called by his own team after reporters asked him about his eyebrow-raising history of real-estate deals and allegations that he engaged in voter fraud.