Senate Republican's attack on GOP rival immediately backfires

By Matthew Chapman
Published February 13, 2026 8:24 PM ET

The campaign communications chief for Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) launched an explosive allegation that primary rival Rep. Wesley Hunt illegally voted in 2016, and the post may have landed the Cornyn campaign in hot water.

The allegation, brought by staffer Matt Mackowiak, was that Hunt lied to election officials in a sworn statement on a provisional ballot in 2016 about the date of his discharge from military service, so that he could cast a vote in an election he was not registered for.

“Wesley Hunt has now unwittingly proved he committed voter fraud by lying in a sworn statement to an Election Judge both verbally and on a sworn document,” wrote Mackowiak. “His military discharge form, and his official biography prove he was discharged in 2012, not in 2016 as he claimed in an attempt to illegally vote. Corrupt [Attorney General] Ken Paxton should investigate Wesley Hunt for voter fraud and Wesley should admit he lied in a sworn document.”

https://www.rawstory.com/john-cornyn-2675268833/

Everyone in Texas should be asking why Hunt voted for SAVE ACT, and Paxton and Cornyn will do what with it..........there are a lot of military families that will not be able to vote and married woman better have birth certificate.........make that everyone better have passport because that state basically gave the people in power all that voter information...........