Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is launching an 18-day statewide bus tour ahead of Election Day, taking his campaign message to communities across Texas, including Houston.
The “Come and Take It” tour begins Saturday, Oct. 17, in Rockwall, two days before early voting begins, and will continue through Election Day. The tour is scheduled to conclude Monday, Nov. 2, at the Alamo in San Antonio, according to an announcement from Team Paxton.
Stops are planned in Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, the Austin area, El Paso, Amarillo, Lubbock, Odessa, San Angelo, Abilene, Wichita Falls, Brownsville, McAllen, Laredo, Corpus Christi, Victoria, Tyler and Beaumont, among other communities.
Paxton will be joined by special guests during the tour.
The campaign said the tour’s message is focused on Paxton’s record as attorney general and his pledge to fight what he describes as threats to Texans.
“When they come after Texans, Ken Paxton goes after them,” the campaign said in its announcement.
Paxton pointed to his legal actions against drug cartels, companies involved in the opioid crisis and technology companies as examples of his work. His office has also pursued numerous lawsuits against the Biden administration over policies involving Texas jobs, energy and border security.
“In Texas, ‘Come and Take It’ has never been a slogan. It’s a promise,” Paxton said in the announcement.
He also criticized James Talarico, accusing the Democratic politician of being supported by national Democrats and Silicon Valley billionaires.
The tour’s name references the historic “Come and Take It” flag associated with the Texas Revolution. In 1835, Texans in Gonzales displayed the flag featuring a cannon and a lone star as Mexican troops sought to take possession of a cannon held by local residents. The confrontation became an early flashpoint in the Texas Revolution.
The bus tour will run through Election Day, with campaign events planned across the state. Specific times and locations for individual stops were not included in the announcement.
