In a follow-up video, Louise said she doesn’t blame the Republican Party for the embarrassing incident. “[They] have loved me, and they have welcomed me with open arms. But Ken Paxton’s campaign manager, that person is 100 percent responsible for the disrespect that I received this evening.”

The individual leopard who ate my face was just a bad apple. I would certainly never hold it against the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party.