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Chip Roy: “Having been the first assistant attorney general makes me ready on day one, but it's also that I've been a prosecutor…”

On the recordMay 27, 2026
Having been the first assistant attorney general makes me ready on day one, but it's also that I've been a prosecutor, I've been in court, I've sat in front of a judge, stood in front of a judge, argued cases, and he has never done any of those things. And we think those things should matter.
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Chip Roy
Republican · Texas

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Defending his qualifications for attorney general.

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