‘He wants me to lose’: Paxton complains about lack of support from Cornyn in leaked audio
The leaked remarks highlight Paxton’s frustration over Cornyn’s distance as national Republicans spend more than $100 million in the Texas Senate race.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claimed in a September 24 recording that Senator John Cornyn wants him to lose the Texas Senate race, recounting an alleged Dallas restaurant encounter where Cornyn reacted angrily to being thanked for supporting the Republican ticket.
- Years of tension define the relationship between Cornyn and Paxton. Cornyn has criticized Paxton as a "poor campaigner" and "lazy" candidate, while Paxton has dismissed the senator as a relic of bygone Texas politics.
- Cornyn and former President George W. Bush headlined a Dallas fundraiser last month for six Senate GOP candidates, excluding Paxton. This refusal to endorse frustrated Texas GOP leaders, including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, a top Trump ally.
- Trump, who endorsed Paxton, said he is "worried" about the race but reiterated his support Wednesday, praising him as "perhaps the greatest attorney general in the United States of America." Republicans have poured over $100 million into the general election.
- The contest remains critical to Republican hopes of holding a Senate majority despite internal party divisions. While Paxton won 90% of GOP voters in the primary, about a fifth of "non-MAGA" Republicans reportedly broke for Democratic challenger James Talarico.
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New leaked audio catches Ken Paxton's wild restaurant tale about vanquished GOP opponent
Texas Senate nominee Ken Paxton privately accused outgoing Sen. John Cornyn of trying to sink his campaign, according to new leaked audio from a Washington fundraiser obtained by CNN.“He’s clearly not helping. He wants me to lose,” Paxton, the state’s attorney general, said at the Sept. 24 event. CN...
Paxton Complains About Lack of Support From Cornyn
“Ken Paxton has publicly said he would ‘love to have’ John Cornyn’s support after their bruising Republican primary runoff in the Texas Senate race. But privately, Paxton has grown frustrated with the outgoing senator’s distance from his campaign,” CNN reports. Said Paxton: “He’s clearly not helping. He wants me to lose.”
‘He wants me to lose’: Paxton complains about lack of support from Cornyn in leaked audio
Ken Paxton has publicly said he would “love to have” John Cornyn’s support after their bruising Republican primary runoff in the Texas Senate race. But privately, Paxton has grown frustrated with the outgoing senator’s distance from his campaign.
In leaked audio Ken Paxton privately suggests cutting federal benefit programs to reduce national deficit
Republican U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton suggested he would support cuts to federal benefits programs during a private fundraiser with Washington lobbyists last month, according to an audio recording obtained by The Texas Tribune, the fourth leaked clip from the Sept. 24 event.
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