GOP senator smacks down Texas AG Ken Paxton: 'Your criminal defense lawyers are calling'

A Texas showdown on Twitter/X had Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) trading fire with scandal-plagued state Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The first shot came from Michael Quinn Sullivan who called out the senator for failing to protect the Southern Border.

His tweet reads: "While Texans slept, @JohnCornyn sent $95 billion to help other countries with their border problems. Question: when was the last time Cornyn stayed up all night fighting for our border?"

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Paxton piled on.

"This is a question all Texans should be asking," according to his reply. "Unbelievable that @JohnCornyn would stay up all night to defend other countries borders, but not America."

So that had Cornyn landing a counterpunch. "Ken, your criminal defense lawyers are calling to suggest you spend less time pushing Russian propaganda and more time defending longstanding felony charges against you in Houston, as well as ongoing federal grand jury proceedings in San Antonio that will probably result in further criminal charges," according to the tweet.

Paxton faced an impeachment effort stemming from a whistleblower lawsuit filed by four former senior employees claiming they were wrongfully terminated.

They accused Paxton of axing them from their posts after reporting his suspected corruption to the FBI.

Those allegations eventually led to a Paxton impeachment vote on alleged bribery and abuse of office charges.

He managed to get acquitted after a trial in the Senate.

However, the whistleblower lawsuit reportedly remains pending.