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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sun May 31, 2026, 05:57 PM 9 hrs ago

"Since they tried to bury it, you know what to do."

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George Takei
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Since they tried to bury it, you know what to do.

Video: https://xcancel.com/patriottakes/status/2060435992125841575

Screenshot of a PatriotTakes post on X describing a 6-minute Republican opposition video outlining Ken Paxton's corruption, originally distributed by the NRSC, that has since been made unlisted on YouTube. The post includes a still from the video showing a black-and-white image of Paxton with a graphic reading "2011 - TEXAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE" and text describing Paxton soliciting investments in a technology company called Servergy while serving in that role.
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11:24 AM · May 30, 2026

Since they tried to bury it, you know what to do.

Video: xcancel.com/patriottakes...

George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) 2026-05-30T15:24:01.267Z
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"Since they tried to bury it, you know what to do." (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 9 hrs ago OP
The GOP deleted this ad on Ken Paxton LetMyPeopleVote 9 hrs ago #1
GOP busted scrubbing attacks on 'disgusting' MAGA candidate after his primary victor LetMyPeopleVote 9 hrs ago #2

LetMyPeopleVote

(182,727 posts)
1. The GOP deleted this ad on Ken Paxton
Sun May 31, 2026, 06:04 PM
9 hrs ago

The Lincoln Project saved it. It will be fun to see if this ad is used since it was a GOP ad


LetMyPeopleVote

(182,727 posts)
2. GOP busted scrubbing attacks on 'disgusting' MAGA candidate after his primary victor
Sun May 31, 2026, 06:14 PM
9 hrs ago

I saw a ton of great negative ads from GOP affiliated groups on Paxton up to the runoff. The GOP had some great negative stuff on Paxton that they are now having to delete

The National Republican Senatorial Committee spent months calling Ken Paxton corrupt, adulterous, and incompetent.

Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-05-27T21:00:38.976Z

https://www.rawstory.com/nrsc-scrubs-paxton/

The National Republican Senatorial Committee spent months calling Ken Paxton corrupt, adulterous, and incompetent. Then he won — and the receipts started disappearing.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in a Republican Senate runoff Tuesday, making Cornyn the first Republican senator from Texas to lose his party's nomination for reelection. Within hours, the NRSC was quietly deleting its own ads and press releases attacking the man it will now be expected to elect.

Danny Dabbs, Senate director at American Bridge 21st Century, was first to flag the purge. "NRSC is also actively scrubbing their website on Ken Paxton releases," he posted on X. "So embarrassing." He later confirmed the links were "all leading to 404s."

But the NRSC couldn't outrun the Internet Archive. A cached version of the committee's July 2025 statement on Paxton's divorce — still accessible online — shows NRSC Communications Director Joanna Rodriguez declaring: "What Ken Paxton has put his family through is truly repulsive and disgusting. No one should have to endure what Angela Paxton has, and we pray for her as she chooses to stand up for herself and her family during this difficult time."

Screenshots captured before the scrub show the NRSC had published at least eight ads and press releases targeting Paxton, including ones headlined "Ken Paxton's Lies and Incompetence Keep Piling Up," "Ken Paxton Caught Using Taxpayer Dollars to Buy Hotel Rooms for Donors," and "Texas Deserves Better than Ken Paxton." All now return 404 errors.
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