AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Attorney General Ken Paxton joined Stratford High School students in Houston on Wednesday to celebrate the inception of their Charlie Kirk-inspired student group.

"I'm here because I respect what you've done, and I want to stand with you," Paxton said during the event at the Moran Hotel.

Paxton first got involved with the Stratford students when he responded to a post about their struggles to find faculty representation to start their "Club America" — the youth branch of Kirk's 'Turning Point USA.' The post claimed a Stratford parent Facebook group reached out to the teachers who had agreed to sponsor the program due to opposition of Kirk's views. The club's first pair of sponsors withdrew their support.

"These are sick individuals," Paxton posted on Sept. 19. "My off

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