Weeks before runoff, Cornyn launches attack on Paxton over Muslim development in North Texas The legal fight over The Meadow — a proposed Muslim-centered development in Collin County — is now spilling into Texas’ high-stakes Republican runoff for U.S. Senate, just weeks before voters decide.
U.S. Senator John Cornyn released a new digital ad on Friday attacking Ken Paxton for not doing enough to stop the development.
In a press release Friday, Cornyn’s campaign said Paxton has the “legal authority to put a stop to EPIC City,” but has delivered only “bluster and strongly worded press releases.”
General Paxton has sued twice to try and stop the development.
In October, Paxton sued the development alleging key players failed to register as securities dealers and misrepresented key facts.
Then, in December, Paxton sued the Double R Municipal Utility District after it agreed to provide The Meadow with water and sewage services. Paxton alleged that the MUD incorrectly appointed new board members to make it happen.
Paxton's campaign shot back at Cornyn in a statement on Friday: "For the last several years, John Cornyn’s been too busy praising his friends at Islamic Relief to do a single thing to stop sharia law and unlawful developments like EPIC City. My office has sued EPIC City for violations of securities law to stop its illegal development, defended the Texas Workforce Commission in its lawsuit against EPIC City, and secured a temporary injunction stopping a MUD takeover designed to aid EPIC City. What has John Cornyn done besides issue statements attacking me? Not a single thing. This is another desperate, baseless accusation from a do-nothing career politician.”
Cornyn is seeking re-election but was forced into a May 26 runoff by Paxton, setting up an increasingly combative showdown between the two Republicans...................
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