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 continu

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