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senseandsensibility

(25,679 posts) Sat May 30, 2026, 02:18 PM Saturday

The real reason trump endorsed Paxton [View all]

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.

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The real reason trump endorsed Paxton [View all] senseandsensibility Saturday OP

Petty.... Lovie777 Saturday #1

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

He's making enemies at an alarming rate senseandsensibility Saturday #5

here is hoping his landing spot has bars rurallib Saturday #6

Or a Katcat Saturday #13

Lordy. That sounds like an episode of Dynasty. Buckeyeblue Saturday #3

What a dumbass!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Saturday #4

Unless he thinks the TecBros have the election in the bag... alittlelark Saturday #7

Another theory is that polls showed Paxton would beat Cornyn decisively. So then Trump endorsed Paxton knowing he would Fil1957 Saturday #8

Do polls show that? ananda Saturday #9

I don't know senseandsensibility Saturday #10

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

According to the hosts of Pod Save America, polls showed Paxton was ahead of Cornyn by 20 points BEFORE the endorsement. Fil1957 Saturday #23

Several different news outlets have shown Talarico leading. ananda Saturday #24

My bad. I meant Paxton was leading CORNYN, and I was referring to the primary election. I should have made that clear. Fil1957 Saturday #26

OK. Whew. ananda Saturday #29

Polls showed Paxton leading for the Republican primary-- NONE show that for the General Election! Jack Valentino Saturday #30

All the polls for the general show Talarico leading. ananda Saturday #31

Two peas in a pod. madamesilverspurs Saturday #11

Paxton is corrupt, and that's exactly the kind of people he wants! 70sEraVet Saturday #22

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

he might not care Skittles Saturday #21

Shhh..... senseandsensibility Saturday #25

I figured it was one con KT2000 Saturday #14

That's what demented old idiots do... paleotn Saturday #15

If you want to build a criminal outfit, you need corrupt thugs. It can work for a while struggle4progress Saturday #17

He is the king of tantrumps. City Lights Saturday #18

He really is exceedingly unitelligent. AZ8theist Saturday #19

Don't you mean 'stable genius'? Norrrm Saturday #27

yes, of course...only... AZ8theist Saturday #32

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

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