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Dulcinea

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Sat May 23, 2026, 08:53 AM Yesterday

The latest Paxton-Cornyn ad dustup is an ominous sign for the Texas GOP

(Politico) Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he wants to end his campaign on a “positive” note. Sen. John Cornyn, however, is prepared to go down fighting.

Paxton said Thursday he’s pulling his negative ads against Cornyn in the final days ahead of their bruising GOP primary for Texas’ Senate seat. The move reveals that the MAGA warrior, bolstered by President Donald Trump’s endorsement, is confident in his ability to clinch the Republican nomination.

But Cornyn, who’s facing an uphill battle to keep his seat, responded that he will keep his own attacks coming, leaning into Paxton’s long trail of personal and political scandals.

In a race that’s been defined by personal shots, the latest online dustup between the two underscores the difficult path forward for the Texas GOP after next week’s runoff election. The Paxton-Cornyn matchup has deepened divisions between the MAGA and establishment wings of the GOP, and the fighting between the two camps has gotten so ugly that some Republicans are fearful it will dampen turnout in the midterms, hurt down-ticket Republicans — and possibly cost them the seat.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/latest-paxton-cornyn-ad-dustup-204910157.html

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The latest Paxton-Cornyn ad dustup is an ominous sign for the Texas GOP (Original Post) Dulcinea Yesterday OP
Here in Vegas, there are attack ads showing during the VGK trouncing of a lesser team from Denver Jerry2144 Yesterday #1
John's probably regretting this: sop 23 hrs ago #2
Learn the YMCA dance, John Seinan Sensei 22 hrs ago #3
He won't stand up to Trump until, like others, loses his primary surfered 22 hrs ago #4

Jerry2144

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1. Here in Vegas, there are attack ads showing during the VGK trouncing of a lesser team from Denver
Sat May 23, 2026, 09:08 AM
Yesterday

Quoting one christofascists saying, "I hate tRump". The other person has a Hispanic first name and is using the racist term for undocumented residents and is claiming to be more of a tRump supporter. SHe says it like it's bad to hate tRump.

Thing is, those ads will be remembered and will come back to harm them in the mid-terms and spill over to hurt the re-election of our fascist governor.

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