AG Ken Paxton to speak at UT Austin Turning Point USA event

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton is set to speak to a crowd of conservative students at the University of Texas on Monday night.

"I’m excited to join students at UT to talk about what it means to courageously fight for freedom and preserve the values that make Texas, and our nation, so strong,” Paxton said in a press release. The 7 p.m. event at the the William C. Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center is hosted by UT's chapter of Turning Point USA (TPUSA).

“There is a growing wave of young conservatives across this country rising up, and I know many of these Longhorns are playing an impactful role in that movement. I look forward to being encouraged by their leadership and spirit as I stand with the UT Turning Point USA chapter," Paxton continued.

Paxton has aligned himself with TPUSA in recent years, speaking at their annual AmericaFest conference last December. Since TPUSA's founder — Charlie Kirk — was assassinated in September, Paxton spoke at two other TPUSA events in Houston and in Lubbock.

In the first two events, Paxton mentioned his impeachment trial and his ongoing U.S. Senate campaign. Paxton is currently in a heavily-contest Republican primary against four-term incumbent John Cornyn and fellow challenger U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt.