Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the launch of “undercover investigations” into groups affiliated with left-wing political violence by announcing the operations publicly.
The public unveiling of what was described as an undercover operation drew some light-hearted laughs Tuesday, but that didn’t detract from the deadly serious challenges facing law enforcement and federal officials in Texas and across the country.
In a public statement released Tuesday, Paxton said the investigations aim to identify and disrupt “radical leftist organizations” involved in or supporting political violence in Texas, citing recent attacks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities and the Sept. 10 assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
“Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people,” said Paxton, who is currently locked in a hotly contested Texas Senate race.
“The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America. There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells,” Paxton added. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming.” (RELATED: Meet The Communist Regime-Loving ‘Armed Queers’ Group That Suddenly Vanished Online After Kirk Murder)
BREAKING: I’m launching undercover operations to infiltrate and uproot leftist terror cells in Texas.
Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. pic.twitter.com/jWorzQ6fRP
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) October 7, 2025
Authorities say 22-year-old Tyler Robinson climbed to a rooftop and fatally shot Kirk while he spoke to students at Utah Valley University, motivated by hatred of Kirk’s “political expression.” Robinson’s family told authorities he had recently leaned more to the left and was dating a transgender roommate.
The FBI is also investigating the founder of Armed Queers SLC, a pro-gun LGBTQ group, and other groups for possible ties to Kirk’s assassin, according to the New York Post. No evidence has surfaced that Robinson or his roommate was involved with Armed Queers SLC.
Paxton also referenced a July incident in which over a dozen armed leftists connected to Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas. On Sept. 24, a shooter again opened fire on the Dallas ICE facility, where Enforcement and Removal Operations conducts arrests and deportations, killing two detainees.
Paxton said the investigation builds on President Donald Trump’s recent designation of Antifa as a terrorist organization. In the executive order, the president directed his administration to “utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations.”
Paxton’s office did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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