The real reason trump endorsed Paxton

[senseandsensibility]

Thought this was interesting this morning on Velshi's show. Karen Tumulty of the Washington Post said that it wasn't so much that he was angry at Cornyn. Rather, he is angry at John Thune. He wants revenge on Thune because Thune did not fire the Senate Parliamentarian or change the filibuster so that he could rule as a king as he desires.
With Paxton running and Cornyn's formidable fundraising stymied, he is getting revenge on Thune by making his job of keeping the Senate more difficult.

Way to go there, Donnie! That'll show him! Talk about cutting off ones nose to spite oneself.

[Lovie777]

1. Petty....

[Intractable]

2. Trumpty Dumpy is building it all up to take a magnificent fall.

The higher you go, the further you will fall.

For multiple reasons, I don't think he's going to finish his term.

[senseandsensibility]

5. He's making enemies at an alarming rate

that's for sure.

[rurallib]

6. here is hoping his landing spot has bars

[Katcat]

13. Or a

VOID

[Buckeyeblue]

3. Lordy. That sounds like an episode of Dynasty.

Thune could do a lot of damage to Trump. He won't because Republicans are afraid of Trump. But the reality is the Thune could really embarrass Trump and all but end his presidency. Trump is really daring him to do so.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. What a dumbass!!!

See Donny, I used a b.

[alittlelark]

7. Unless he thinks the TecBros have the election in the bag...

And he thinks it won’t matter.

[Fil1957]

8. Another theory is that polls showed Paxton would beat Cornyn decisively. So then Trump endorsed Paxton knowing he would

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win and could claim credit for the victory. Trump also likes "winners".

[ananda]

9. Do polls show that?

???

[senseandsensibility]

10. I don't know

I mean Cornyn beat Paxton in the primary, but there was that other guy. And I don't remember seeing any head to head polls after the primary.

[ananda]

16. KVUE (Austin) says new poll shows Talarico leading.

And The Hill has Talarico up by 3 points.

That's not bad, but I hope that lead grows.

[Fil1957]

23. According to the hosts of Pod Save America, polls showed Paxton was ahead of Cornyn by 20 points BEFORE the endorsement.

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The endorsement tacked on another 10 points, apparently.

[ananda]

24. Several different news outlets have shown Talarico leading.

USA Today

The Hill

Fox 7

https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/senate-race-polling-reveals-republican-turnout-challenges-and-the-trajectory-of-the-texas-gop

[Fil1957]

26. My bad. I meant Paxton was leading CORNYN, and I was referring to the primary election. I should have made that clear.

[ananda]

29. OK. Whew.

!!!

[Jack Valentino]

30. Polls showed Paxton leading for the Republican primary-- NONE show that for the General Election!

[ananda]

31. All the polls for the general show Talarico leading.

But not by much.

We still have work to do.

[madamesilverspurs]

11. Two peas in a pod.

In terms of ethics, morality, and corruption, Paxton and trump are twins.


.

[70sEraVet]

22. Paxton is corrupt, and that's exactly the kind of people he wants!

Just look at his Cabinet!!

[no_hypocrisy]

12. And . . . . if Thune loses the Senate, so does Trump.

He'll never get a confirmation on any nominee, including SCOTUS.

[Skittles]

21. he might not care

his main priority now is looting America before it all collapses

[senseandsensibility]

25. Shhh.....

That's our little secret.

[KT2000]

14. I figured it was one con

to another con. Looks like Paxton is not bothered by ethics and would be someone who could be counted on by the grifter in chief.

[paleotn]

15. That's what demented old idiots do...

The dementia causes them to screw themselves harder and faster than they normally would.

[struggle4progress]

17. If you want to build a criminal outfit, you need corrupt thugs. It can work for a while

until somebody gets itchy to take over

[City Lights]

18. He is the king of tantrumps.

I have never seen a more privileged being whine, cry, complain, and seek revenge like the Rapist-in-Chief.

[AZ8theist]

19. He really is exceedingly unitelligent.

[Norrrm]

27. Don't you mean 'stable genius'?

OK! a wee bit of

[AZ8theist]

32. yes, of course...only...

....He spells it "staybull jeanyoos"

[fierywoman]

20. Didn't Paxton once steal (or re-route) 250,000 votes and brag about it?

[pat_k]

28. In addition to the pettiness, note that he didn't endorse until it was pretty clear Paxton was going to win.

The felon doesn't like to lose. if it hadn't been pretty clear Cornyn was going to lose at the point he endorsed Paxton, there would have been no endorsement.

Had trump endorsed Cornyn, that could have made a difference with MAGA folk. As it is, I doubt the endorsement did much of anything.