Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy did not answer in the affirmative when NBC News’ Kristen Welker asked him Sunday if his party’s Senate nominee in neighboring Texas has the “character to serve.”
During Kennedy’s appearance on “Meet the Press,” Welker asked the lawmaker to give his take on what she observed was “one of the most hotly contested” and expensive Senate races between Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Democratic State Rep. James Talarico. She specifically pressed Kennedy on whether he thinks Paxton — who is dogged by corruption allegations which resulted in his 2023 impeachment and acquittal as well as an acknowledged extramarital affair — possesses the requisite “character to serve as a U.S. senator.”
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