May 5, 2014 3:02 PM

Rep. Pete Olson endorses Branch and says revelations about Paxton are "deeply disturbing"

Branch picks up endorsements of Olson and Rep. Bill Flores

In his bid for AG, Rep. Dan Branch scored the endorsements of two congressmen on Monday and one of them, in making his endorsement, took a direct shot at Sen. Ken Paxton over his recent ethics issues. Representatives Pete Olson, R-Sugar Land, and Bill Flores, R-College Station, both threw their support behind Branch. Olson was the one who took particular exception to the ethical questions faced by Paxton.

“Recent events in the Republican runoff to choose our Attorney General nominee have been deeply disturbing,” Olson said. ”Now that Sen. Ken Paxton has admitted to repeatedly breaking laws designed to protect Texans from being cheated by unscrupulous investment companies, it is clear we cannot have him as a nominee to be our state’s top law enforcement officer.”

The full statement from Olson and Flores is here.