We are all too familiar with this man’s mental acumen (or lack thereof):

And now this guy has caught it from him:

Although, in all fairness, Paxton did have a running start in the stupidity department. This is the guy who helped in the effort to overturn the 2020 election; was indicted for state securities fraud, but managed to get the charges dropped in exchange for making restitution to the victims and engaging in ethics training and community service, while still protesting his innocence; was accused by several assistants of bribery, abuse of office and other crimes; was impeached by the Texas House of Representatives and suspended on charges of giving preferential treatment to a political donor, misapplying pubic resources, and making false statements against whistleblowers . . . and so on. All in all, not a smart man (nor, obviously, an honest one).

But his latest bout of madness can be traced directly back to Kennedy, from whom he clearly received the inspiration for his recent law suit against the makers of Tylenol.

Yup, that Tylenol — the brand-name acetaminophen, over-the-counter pain-and-fever-relieving medication that Kennedy, employing his non-existent level of medical expertise, has declared to be a cause of autism in children born to women who have ingested it during pregnancy.

Never mind that years of scientific and empirical research have declared it to be the safest OTC antidote for pain and fever for pregnant women, whereas aspirin and ibuprofen are known to have caused serious adverse effects. But Kennedy has somehow become focused on autism, having also declared that it is caused by babies and young children being given too many early vaccines.

In fact, there is absolutely no proof that either acetaminophen or the life-saving vaccines routinely administered to children in the U.S. has any connection to autism. In fact, no one really knows what causes autism, which isn’t a “disease” in the traditional sense, but is a neurodivergent condition that is believed, but not yet proven, to be the result of a complex combination of genetic, environmental, and/or physical factors.

And yet he is suing Johnson & Johnson — the original manufacturer and marketer of Tylenol — and Kenvue, the corporate subsidiary that acquired it in a spin-off from J&J in 2023. Paxton claims:

“Big Pharma betrayed America by profiting off of pain and pushing pills regardless of the risks. These corporations lied for decades, knowingly endangering millions to line their pockets. Additionally, seeing that the day of reckoning was coming, Johnson & Johnson attempted to escape responsibility by illegally offloading their liability onto a different company. By holding Big Pharma accountable for poisoning our people, we will help Make America Healthy Again.” [Website of Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, October 28, 2025 Press Release.]

The site continues:

“For decades, Johnson & Johnson willfully ignored and attempted to silence the science that prenatal and early-childhood exposure to their acetaminophen products can cause Autism and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (“ADHD”) in children. Despite being well aware of this fact, Tylenol was marketed as a completely safe medication for pregnant women, violating Texas’s consumer protection laws. The considerable body of evidence demonstrating these dangers was recently highlighted by the Trump Administration.” [Id.]

There have been earlier lawsuits filed against Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue alleging adverse neurodevelopmental effects on children whose mothers took Tylenol when pregnant. But independent studies have shown mixed results; and the largest studies have failed to pinpoint a definitive correlation between acetaminophen and autism — as was also the case with Kennedy’s specious claims that vaccines were the culprits.

But some people will sue anyone for any imagined wrongdoing, looking for a scapegoat to blame and a possible big payday. I recall the actual case of a woman who sued McDonald’s because the hot coffee she had ordered — which she clumsily spilled on herself — was too hot, causing her to sustain burns.

Yet, absent Paxton’s claimed “considerable body of evidence,” and relying largely on those earlier lawsuits, he has rushed to judgment and filed a suit that, no matter who prevails, will be costly — perhaps even devastating — to a company that has provided the public with high-quality products from baby powder to pain relievers to mouthwash since 1886, in addition to the more recent prescription medications and vaccines.

And all because noted conspiracy theorist, recovering heroin addict, and psychedelic-drug-promoter Bobby Kennedy, Jr., says it’s true.

Therefore, following Kennedy’s and Paxton’s examples, and despite the fact that there is no scientific proof that stupidity is contagious, I hereby declare, based solely on my own unqualified opinion, that it is true . . . and that Ken Paxton has contracted a raging case of it.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
10/29/25