Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) announced that he is running for Texas attorney general.
Announcing his plans on X, Roy wrote, “Texas has a long and proud tradition of rising to defend our homes, our freedom, and our communities.” He added he is “running for Attorney General to carry on that legacy… unafraid to fight, unafraid to win, and unafraid to defend Texas at every turn.”
“Open border politicians have flooded our streets, hospitals, jails, and schools with illegal immigrants and dangerous fentanyl, empowering cartels while endangering Texans and the immigrants they use as political pawns,” Roy said in a video, adding, “Faceless corporations and the Chinese Communist Party have gobbled up more and more Texas land, while their allies and media and academia poison our culture with woke anti-American propaganda. No more,” he said. “Today, we draw a line in the sand.”
Roy’s announcement comes as Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched a bid for Senator.
Speaking to Laura Ingraham in April, Paxton said, “We have another great U.S. senator, Ted Cruz, and it’s time we have another great senator that will actually stand up and fight for Republican values, fight for the values of the people of Texas, and also support Donald Trump in the areas that he’s focused on in a very significant way. And that’s what I plan on doing.”
In July, the congressman issued a statement after supporting President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
“Today, after a long day-and-night working hard to secure key wins from the administration to end the damaging Green New Scam subsidies, lock in substantial additional reductions in spending, and further assurances on how Medicaid will go to vulnerable Americans and not illegal aliens – I voted to support the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” Roy said at the time.
