Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Oct. 7 announced an undercover investigation into “leftist terror cells” in his home state, citing the “political assassination of national hero Charlie Kirk” and the rise of “leftist violence” nationwide as reasons for the operation.
“Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people,” Paxton said in a statement.
The operation will focus on the identification and infiltration of radical groups that have “incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated,” he said….